Born in the rural countryside of Leicestershire, England, he did various stop gap jobs before joining the British Army (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) in 1963. Following his 10 years service in Germany, Libya and the UK, he spent most of the next 6 years in Iran, as a technical adviser to the Imperial Iranian army. Whilst there he lived in Teheran, Andimeshk and Shiraz. He then did various jobs including chauffeur, coach driver and cash in transit crewman before entering the retail security industry. Eventually he attained the title of 'Business Crime Coordinator' for the borough of Wigan. Working with agencies in other towns and cities across the North West, he collated and distributed intelligence on marauding teams of indigenous and foreign criminals. Upon retirement, both he and his wife Carole, moved to Spain's Costa del Sol from where he wrote his first book 'WMD the Bikini Project' Forthcoming book due out in 2020 … 'WMD' the Peacock Brief amazon.com/author/taylorcharlie2019