Royal Engineers

His grandfather spent 22 years in the Army Medical Corp while his father spent six years with the Royal Engineers.

As a post office worker, he was assigned to the Royal Engineers, fighting with the 53rd Division, in order to lay vital telegraphy and field telephone systems.

Stevenson, the youngest of three children, lived abroad with her family as her father’s job with the British Army’s Royal Engineers took them to Germany, Australia and Malta.

He spent the majority of his time with 24 Commando Royal Engineers and served in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The inquest also heard Ms Perks' friends were uncomfortable with her being back on parade just two days after she made a "significant" suicide attempt during a Royal Engineers' visit in July 2018.