Jim Crooks , August 2018

Jim attained the rank of Staff Sergeant in 59 Independent Commando Squadron Royal Engineers. His wife Ali Crooks adds the following information "After leaving the army as a Staff Sgt, he retrained as a personnel officer with Devon & Cornwall Police, then became an HR Business Partner at Exeter Prison and finally took on a 4 year Open University Course to retrain as a Paramedic with South West Ambulance Trust - a job that he truly loved. Jim died as a result of cancer on 24th April 2019 aged 60. Loved and missed by his family and friends."