Martin Dickinson - Founder
Served in British Army 1978 - 83. Only member of family to join the forces. Came out on medical discharge.
First bike was Yamaha FSIE. Moved onto Yamaha DT250 then had a 22 year break before buying my first Harley. Now ride Heritage Softail, Street Glide and heavily customised Softail Deluxe.

I have done a lot of Charity work over the years but am now devoting my time to RTTW.

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Patricia Hall - Secretary & Registration
My husband returned to riding motorcycles in 2001 and I became a pillion for the first time when he bought a Harley Davidson Road King. In 2004 I took the plunge and learnt to ride as well, buying my first bike, a black Yamaha SR125 to get the necessary practice. After passing my test in 2005, I bought a Harley Davidson Softail Heritage Classic which I still ride today. Although I have not served in the armed forces, my grandfather was in the Household Cavalry (The Life Guards) and my father was a gun fitter in the Royal Artillery. My mother was an overseer in a munitions factory in South Wales during the Second World War and my husband's nephew is a Sergeant-Major, currently serving in the Army.

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Brian Andrews - Merchandise - Distribution
Biking came fairly late to me having bought my first bike in 2003, but I've not looked back since. I currently have a Harley-Davidson Heritage and a partly restored classic Kawasaki 500 that I'm converting into a Café Racer of sorts with my Son. I don't have a military background but my father saw action in WW2 in North Africa and Italy. Three of my uncles also served, one in the RAF in the Far East, one in the Australian Army who was a POW and the other was wounded in Belgium whilst serving with the KOSB. Before that, both of my Grandfathers survived WW1 - one was in the Royal Navy and the other in the Royal Garrison Artillery who saw action at Passchendaele. A Great Uncle also served in the 2nd Btn. Black Watch and died and is buried in Baghdad. In more recent times I lost a childhood friend on the Nimrod that crashed in Afghanistan in 2006. Its a family tradition that we attend our home town's Remembrance Day parade and I've only missed once in the last forty odd years and my involvement in RTTW is an extension of my personal acknowledgment of the debt we owe our armed services - past, present and future.

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Dave Hall - Webmaster & Registration
I started riding when I was 16 , my first bike was a Puch VS50D (The 'moped law' had just come in, you had to be 17 to ride a motorcycle ). At 17 I passed my motorcycle test to ride bikes over 250cc and moved on through various marques (Honda's , Triumphs etc) including the restoration of an an old 1956 AJS 350cc (16MS) .I currently ride a Harley Davidson Road King, purchased in 2001. Although I have never served in the forces my father (Sgt Major , Royal Horse Artillery , stepfather (Merchant Navy) and Uncle all served. It was thanks to the CWGC that I discovered my Uncle had perished whilst serving on HMS Jupiter , torpedoed during WW11. My nephew is a sergeant ,currently serving in the Army Medical corps.

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Kerim Hilmi - Merchandise, Media & Press
I was brought up in Italy and got my first 50cc moped at 14 which was the legal age then. At the age of 16 I moved on to a 125cc Vespa.I then took a break from bikes when I came over to the UK to finish my studies. I got back into bikes when living and working in London and I bought another Vespa 125cc for getting around town. My graduation to "big" bikes was in 2004 when I bought a Harley Davidson Heritage Softail which I still ride today.
I don't have a forces background but family members have served The Parachute Regiment and the Household Cavalry.

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Steve Harris - Logistics Co-Ordinator
The early 70's have a lot to answer for. Popsicle purple FS1E's for one, but how brilliant was that feeling of independence? My father wasn't too keen, but I needed transport to & from my apprenticed job so they relented. Dad worked at the time alongside The Royal Anglians as a paymaster, something which he'd done since I was knee high. He'd served in Germany in '46 with National Service, and got into his job as a civvy at a barracks in Huddersfield where I distinctly remember having the odd ride in Bedford trucks and a very lucky ride in an armoured car once!
I lost an uncle in the submarine service during WW2, apparently. Dad doesn't always talk about how or where, but I've got a grandfather and great grandfather with many campaign medals, one going back well over 100 years now. I'm not military, but I am serving in the emergency services & have had first hand experience of the results of terrorism on UK soil. For this and a lot of faces I will never meet, I give freely of my time in support of the Wall and the NMA.

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Nick Hillerby - Logistics, Arboretum
Motorbikes have been part of my life for as long as I can remember, I grew up going everywhere on the back of my dad's old Nortons and Triumphs.At 16 I got my own wheels in the form of a Puch 50 moped, at 17 I progressed through a couple of Russian 2-strokes before discovering 4-strokes in a BSA A7SS 500. After a couple of big Hondas (CB750, GL1000) and a Yamaha XS1100 I went back to a classic Triumph T120 650 which I ran for 7 years before running a VF750 followed by a new generation Triumph Trident 750. In 2002 I took a test ride on a Harley Road King which became my first ever "new" bike and one I still have after 8 years and many miles. Late last year the Road King was joined by 98 Buell M2 Cyclone for when I feel like a change of pace.In 1981 I took the Queen's shilling and joined the Royal Corps of Transport, now known as the Royal logistics Corps in which I served for 6 years. Although Northern Ireland was an ongoing conflict and the Falklands war kicked of I was never directly involved with either and spent my time in the forces based in England until returning to civilian life.

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Andy Barber - Logistics, Drayton Manor
My motorcycling roots can be traced back to before I was born, in fact to my Mother pregnant with me, riding pillion on my Father's Triumph motorcycle ‘tonning it up' in the late 1950's on the Watling Street. I started riding off-road at around 14 years of age on anything that could be bolted together and now ride a Harley Davidson Fatboy. I am ex-Royal Air Force and spent 7 years as an avionics engineer on Victor K2 Air-to-Air Refuelling and 2 years on C-130 Hercules Transport aircraft. I saw active service during the Falklands conflict so it is an honour to be part of the RTTW team raising money to maintain the Memorial that has become a focus for remembering forgotten heroes from forgotten conflicts as well as offering a massive show of support to our serving men and women.