John Senior

John Senior
John Senior MBE TD VR attending The Buckingham Palace Garden Party June 2011
Birth name	John Wilson Senior
Born	Scarborough, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Territorial Army
Years of service	1979–2006
Rank	Major
Unit	2 Bn Yorkshire Volunteers, 4/5 Green Howards, 16 UK Air Assault Brigade(HQ), Kabul Multi National Brigade (KMNB)
Battles / wars	Operation Fingal
Awards	Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), Territorial Decoration (TD), Doctor of the University of Hull (Honoris Causa)

Major (Ret) John Wilson Senior, MBE, TD, VR, mobilised on 27 December 2001, Senior was the first member of the British Territorial Army to be deployed on operational service to Afghanistan (post 11 September 2001). He is also the founder of Heroes Welcome UK,^[1] a national scheme to encourage local communities to show their open support to British and other UK-based military personnel.