Ian Moore – Friends joined Army and Navy

Yes, so I really was the black sheep of the family for a little while. Yeah, they all thought it was very, very odd, because some of the friends that I had in school, some of the friends that I had outside of school, they were all joining the Army.

The vast majority … there was only one other guy who I knew joined the Navy, a chap called Jack Thornton and Jack lasted … I think he was only in uniform for a couple of years. I ran into him in Barrow when I was home on leave once and asked him where he was doing and what he was up to and he’d gone back to Barrow and was working in the Ship Yard, and I thought, ‘no, no, what you doing?’ and by then I’d already been halfway round the world and done various bits and pieces.

Typical Sailor, already got a couple of tattoos by then as well (laughs). Like you do.