Airborne Assault MuseumCommissioned into The Sherwood Foresters in 1969.Secondment with 1 PARA 1976-78 before transfering to The Parachute Regiment in 1980.
Served with 1 PARA as Coy Comd; 3 PARA (OC) A Coy 1984-85; 2i/c 2 PARA 1988-89.
Attended Staff College 1982-83. Served with BMATT Zimbabwe; Australian Land Warfare Centre 1990-93; UN HQ New York 1995-98; French Infantry School 1999-2003; UKREP Brussels 2003-05.
2015 Retired from the position of Sales and Marketing Director WFEL, tactical military bridge manufacturers, in Stockport.
2017 - to date - Chairman RBL Birchington-on-Sea and a Parish Councillor
Service History
- 1976 The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA)
- 1984 The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) (Major)
- 1988 The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Major)
- 1990 (Major)
- 1993 (Major)
- 1995 (Acting Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1999 French Airborne Forces (Acting Lieutenant Colonel)
- 2003 (Acting Lieutenant Colonel)
