“My granddad, George Small, was in the Territorial Army, while my mum’s father Drew Bell was in the RAF during World War Two. My Uncle Terry was a paratrooper who served in Ireland and the Falklands, and my uncle, Peter Simpson, was a Scots Guard. Finally, my Uncle Chris ‘Crick’ Douglas was in the TA and served in Iraq. I’m proud of every single one of them; what I’m doing is nothing to what these heroes have done and are doing.”