My blogs

  • Identity stolen!

    This morning, I was contacted on twitter by a reader and by txt from my ex-wife to say that a profile had appeared on a dating website that was using pictures and information that made it appear to be me. I won’t name the site as I have written to them asking for them to Read more

  • The SAS war diary

    Thanks to the SAS Regimental Association for this; In early 1946, a former SAS soldier tasked himself with one final mission.  The SAS had been disbanded and there were no plans to resurrect it.  The soldier’s self-appointed mission was simple: to find and preserve whatever documentation he could before the SAS was forgotten and its Read more

  • Service humour

    I know that a lot of people who link up to my blog are either in the services, veterans or supporters of our services. This should appeal to you. A Paratrooper, a Craftsman, a Gunner and a Fusilier got into an argument about which Regiment was “The Best.” The arguing became so heated the four Read more

  • Celebrity attitude

    A few weeks ago I was contacted though twitter and asked to do something I had never done before and never expected to be asked to do. A young man from Manchester called Marcus is raising money for Help4heroes by travelling around the UK with a t-shirt that he is getting ‘celebrities’ to autograph.  He Read more

  • A story from Afghanistan

    A padre’s experience. It was the Company Sergeant Major who noticed it first. ‘What’s that?’ He had noticed a loose bit of plastic poking out from a pouch on Curtis’ armour. ‘Just a Bible Sir,’ the youngster from Manchester replied, quickly tucking it in. The Sergeant Major asked to see it, and then explained that Read more

  • Advance2contact

    This sunday, 25th November, I attended the film premiere of a short film called Advance2contact as a guest of the charity @ourlocalheroes. http://www.ourlocalheroes.org.uk is a small, new charity founded by fellow former Army officer Steve Pearson. The event was well organised by Natasha Kinsey. Advance2 contact (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DYzEVAf8O4 ) is a short film, written and produced Read more