Brian served for 17 years in the British Army with the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. During his service in Iraq, he led the first bayonet charge in 25 years. For his gallantry in leading this charge, in the Battle of Danny Boy, and taking control of the situation during the ambush of his unit, he was awarded the Military Cross. This action was immortalised in Brian’s book ‘Double Crossed’, and the BBC mini-series ‘Danny Boy’.
Since leaving the Army, Brian has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for military charities by running multiple back-to-back marathons and, most recently, the Marathon des Sables – a 257km marathon through the Sahara Desert.
Project Fire & Ice will be his biggest challenge to date and a good way of marking 20 years since his service in Iraq.
