Derek Derenalagi was born in Fiji and followed his boyhood dream of becoming a soldier in the British Army.

In 2007 while serving with the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment in Afghanistan, the Land Rover he was travelling in hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).

The blast left him fighting for his life.

In his own words, Derek explains that it was on the operating table at Camp Bastion Hospital where he decided it wasn’t time to go.