They were Special Forces soldiers, the closest of friends, A friendship forged in the crucible of war and tempered by time and peace. But a friendship undermined by a love for the same woman, the beautiful Chantal. It was a problem demanding a solution. And a deadly resolution on a Bangkok street.
After graduating from Shrewsbury Public School, Tony sought a life of adventure and travel, and joined the British Merchant Marine service. Dissatisfied, he signed off in Cape Town, South Africa. After serving as a teenage Special Forces mercenary soldier in Central Africa in 1964, he returned home and joined the British Parachute Regiment (2 PARA). He saw combat in the 74 day Falklands War and was severely wounded in the 14 hour battle to take Goose Ridge. Invalided out, he moved to Canada to re-build his health. He designed and built a log-home in Quebec Province.
Tony pursues and advocates good health, via diet and exercise. An outdoors man, sailor, sea-kayaker and canoeist, he also loves scuba-diving, hiking, back-country skiing and snowshoeing.