Books by Craig Jones

Lt Cdr Craig Jones MBE RN joined the Royal Navy in 1989, later to become the first out' LGBTQ person in the Armed Forces and would help lead that community through a bewildering period of change. Major Michael Brigham MBE is a serving infantry officer in the Mercian Regiment of the British Army. Lt Elaine Chambers, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, was a nursing officer in Cold War Germany. She was dismissed after being found out'. Sgt Darren Ford served with the Royal Military Police in the 1980s and 1990s. He was outed by a boyfriend and dismissed after an investigation by his own unit. ASLt Edward 'Ed' Hall RN was a University Cadet Officer when he came out' to colleagues in 1993, not realising that being gay was prohibited in the Armed Forces. Captain Professor Sir Michael Howard CBE CH OM MC is one of a dwindling number of our Second World War veterans. Lt Cdr Patrick Lyster-Todd RN joined the Royal Navy in 1972 and in a busy operational career served in Northern Ireland, and for two and a half years as the Navigating Officer of HMS Achilles. Lt Cdr Mandy McBain RN joined the Women's Royal Navy Service in the 1980s, completing her training at HMS Raleigh. FLt Caroline Page RAF is an inspirational woman and the first transgender officer to serve openly in the UK Armed Forces. Cdr Roly Woods RN is the current head of Fleet Security on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief Fleet. He joined the Royal Navy in 1978 and served in the Falklands War and in Iraq.