The rigorous selection process for Team UK was based on the benefit the Invictus Games will give an individual as part of their recovery, combined with performance and commitment to training.
The Team Captain was also named this morning as Mark “Dot” Perkins, a former Royal Signals Corporal discharged in 2005 who now works as a civil servant rehabilitating injured soldiers. He will compete in cycling and rowing. He said: “There are few moments in one’s life when an event occurs that truly transforms your life, the Invictus Games is it.