How can I best describe Trooper? Only one comparison will do my description of this amazing human being and brave soldier justice by saying that ‘he was my Andalusian super stallion extraordinaire’… A perfectionist (in all that he undertook in his life) and reflecting a tough disciplined seasoned soldier’s surface exterior, he was as ‘flowing toffee caramel’ on the inside, and that coupled with an amazing sense of good humor.

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Looking Back to the year 1990 and onward, Trooper’s story is unique and Trooper was a unique anomaly of his breed and the Era in which he was raised. In spite of his professional background he was a man capable of great compassion and understanding of those around him. Living on the edge today however, no longer presents an option for fine author ‘Trooper’, who lived in comfortable but necessary seclusion in a remote part of New Zealand from 1984 to 2018. The author only known by his pen name ‘Trooper‘ , was a retired former British ex-Military Intelligence Field Officer and member of the Elite SAS. Also a former member of the Queen’s Personal Bodyguard, often referred to as ‘The Blues and Royals’ (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry, the Author was also a recipient of the Military Cross, Purple Heart, 'Four Oak Leaves' for a mentions in dispatches, and many other military campaign medals for bravery that would make any soldier proud. Upon his retirement from Military Service. Trooper was also awarded the OBE by her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, our long and still reigning Monarch of Great Britain.

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Trooper took to the quill and penned down a series of excellent and exciting action adventure novels. All six novels in the series were written in fiction, however, based the suspense-filled and compelling stories upon factual events and personal experiences during a lifetime of military service in the field of covert intelligence gathering operations. The completed works are now known as the Hawkspurr Action Adventure Series loosely based on factual events that transpired during active service in the various politically challenged countries, Trooper was seconded to the various parts of the world where conflicts reigned, between the periods of ‘1952 to 1982, and can be enjoyed and downloaded from Amazon.com in both paperback/kindle format.

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This YouTube link by 'Pathe' takes us to Malaya (also referred to as 'Britain’s Vietnam' in a sense), where the British original 22 SAS Regiment performed their first ever thick Malayan Jungle drops; which did not go without serious accidents and a number of mortal fatalities, unfortunately. The young Soldier (standing 6’2″ tall is our very own Trooper in his early 20’s. He was one of the tallest man there borne of pure pride). He is the one who is being roughed up some and pulled forward and tugged downward by his Parachute Drill Pack master during parachute tack inspection.