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Jamie Fanneran, 31, served in the Royal Signals, specialising as a Communications Systems Operator, before leaving the Services in January 2016 ‘to settle my family in a fixed location, to give my children stability and schooling.’

I had often thought of working within the rail sector, but had no idea what to do or how to get started.

After some research I found the railway was taking on trainee linesmen so I investigated this thoroughly.

Natalie Chapman served as a LBdr in the Artillery, specialising in logistics, before leaving the Army in November 2015 after almost eight years of service, to seek a new career after a ‘change in her priorities’. She now works for EDF Energy as an engineer, a role she’s now been in for almost a year, which sees her ‘fit meters and deal with the electrical side of any problem with a meter or related to electricity that I can solve’.