born London
educated William Blake Secondary Modern School,Battersea
SBS straight from CTC RM age 19
SBS late 1970s-early 1990s
with 14th Intelligence Company,N.Ireland late 1970s
42 Commando 1983-84
also served with 14 Intelligence Company,Northern Ireland
private security and novelist after leaving R.M.
author "First Into Action:A Dramatic Personal Account of Life in the SBS" (1998)