Colour Sergeant Barry McIntosh

Edinburgh

Barry McIntosh enlisted into the Royal Scots in 2001 and completed basic training at Army Training Regiment Bassingbourn before attending the Combat Infantry Course at the Infantry Training Centre Catterick. Colour Sergeant McIntosh has seen action in every major operational theatre that the British army has been involved with since 2003.

He has served as Vallon operator in Helmand province where he led the way for other soldiers to follow through an IED heavy environment. He has been involved with partnered operations with the Iraqi Army, Afghan national army and police, Republic of Sierra Leone armed forces and the Nigerian army.