Geoff Nordass
BORN in Flamborough, east Yorkshire in 1961 Geoff Nordass joined the elite Royal Marine Commandos in 1978.
He served tours of duty in Northern Ireland, Hong Kong and Norway as well as the Baltic and Mediterranean on HMS Fearless.
He was mentioned in despatches for courage he showed in support of an SAS mission during Operation Corporate, the re-
He later qualified as a RN diver and parachutist before deploying in support of the Special Boat Service (SBS).
Having left the Royal Marines in 1996, he worked as a bodyguard for Mohammed and dodi al-
From 2003 to 2008 he served as a private security contractor in Iraq, overseeing some of the most dangerous missions in the war-
