The 35-year-old added: “When the veterans were building the memorial, the support we had from the local community was through the roof and it hits everybody who drives past, which is why we wanted to do it on a roundabout.”
The Reeva Programme CIC provides fully trained assistance dogs to those who have served in the armed forces or emergency services.
The organisation is named after a therapy dog called Reeva, which was owned by Brooks and helped him cope with PTSD after he left the Army.
The veteran, from Hindley Green in Wigan, said: “I was in hospital as a result of the injuries I’d sustained, so my parents bought me Reeva to help me cope.
“Reeva was supposed to be a working dog – but she didn’t want to play ball – although it turned out she was really in tune with my emotions.”