North Yorkshire Police Sergeant Lee Holmes, a British Army veteran, has reflected on his service in Afghanistan, where he was injured in 2010. Sgt Holmes, who spent six years in the Army from the age of 21, was deployed with the Yorkshire Regiment between 2009 and 2010.
During a tour of duty, he was injured by the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) while on patrol in Marjah, southern Afghanistan. Fragments from the explosion struck his left bicep, leading to his repatriation and treatment at Camp Bastion and Selly Oak hospital.
Sgt Holmes, 39, left the Army in 2013 and later joined Cleveland Police before transferring to North Yorkshire Police. He stated that the discipline and values gained in the armed forces assisted his transition into policing.
He also campaigned for a memorial plaque at Eden Camp Modern History Museum near Malton to honour police officers from North Yorkshire who died serving with the armed forces during wartime.