I was a section commander in the parachute regiment [in…

When you join the Parachute Regiment they send you on training and initiation exercises. One of the tasks is to accept and care for…

— Matthew Parris

In my teens, I joined the Parachute Regiment. I jumped out of lots of airplanes, as much as the Government budget would allow us…

— Mark Burnett

I said [to my mom], "I want to go to the parachute regiment." She said, "Whew, that's tough. But okay, I understand."

— Scott Raab

Yeah. Floyd is his batman." His what?" Batman, like in the British army, each officer had a batman, a personal servant." You spend too…

— Robert B. Parker

“all i know about the bible is that wherever it goes there's trouble. the only time i ever heard of it being useful was…

— Bryce Courtenay

One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army.

— John Lydon

My grandmother on my father's side, a nightclub singer, was a Jewish refugee from Prussia who ended up in Jerusalem, where she met my…

— Jamie Cullum

My father fought on the side of the Central Powers, as a soldier in the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Army, my maternal grandfather fought…

— Michael Korda

Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in discipline.

— Mike Myers

I never talk about shooting anybody, but I do acknowledge I was a member of the IRA, and as a member of the IRA,…

— Martin McGuinness

“In defense of King, country, and family, he would unhesitatingly have sacrificed his virtue to Nessie, had that been required. If it was a…

— Diana Gabaldon

I lost a lot of friends at the hands of the British Army. The person who actually introduced me to my wife, Colm Keenan,…

— Martin McGuinness

“The British Army and Navy sang a rousing song called "Heart of Oak"; the rebels had writ one to counter it called "The Liberty…

— M.T. Anderson

He loved telling stories. He had been everywhere in the world. The northwest frontier, the landscape of the Hindu Kush, was one of the…

— Sebastian Barry

“Bram stared into a pair of wide, dark eyes. Eyes that reflected a surprising glimmer of intelligence. This might be the rare female a…

— Tessa Dare