Stephen Moralee, who was born in an Army camp on the south coast of England and grew up in Germany, the son of a British soldier, joined the Army himself at he age of 16. He saw active service in Northern Ireland and Operation Destert Storm and after experiencing War at first hand, especially the deavastation of military and civilian convoys on the road from Kuwait to Basra, known as the Highway of death, he began to wonder if being a soldier was the right occupation for him. He finally decided to leave the Army and eneded his military career in 1993. In 2017 he suffered a Transverse Meyelitis which left him partially paralised, in 2019 he was also diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and PTSD. He lives in Germny where he works as a Freelance artist and Author.