Son of an Army officer, John Grant Jackson was educated at Wellington and Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the King's Own Royal Regiment and later the King's Own Royal Border Regiment. He served in Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, Jamaica and Ulster. He retired from the Army and became a jeweller. He is a Fellow of the Gemological Society. His interests range from fencing and dinghy racing to field sports and the Open University. John is married and has three children. He lives in County Durham.
The order is shouted down the line, `Prepare to receive cavalry.' We form into a square quickly. The front rank kneels, rifle on the ground, bayonets pushed forward, forming a wall of bayonets. Clouds of black smoke hang over the area.The enemy is now very close when the order is called out, ...
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