Grateful acknowledgements to the Constable of Her Majesty’s Tower of London, Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Baker, GCB, CMG, CBE, MC, the Resident Governor 1971–79, Major General Sir W. D. M. Raeburn, KCVO, CB, DSO, MBE, MA, and to his successor, Major General Giles Mills, CB, OBE. Also those of my colleagues, past and present, without whose experiences this book would have been a spiritless effort indeed!
The verses at the beginning of each section were written especially for this little book by my wife Shelagh, to whom I am deeply grateful both for them and for so much besides.