Ian Forsyth . From the Front Line to civilian life back in the UK A British soldier’s eye view by Ian Forsyth I've recently completed 22 years service with the British Military. For the first 16 years I was employed as a Forward Observer with the Royal Artillery. Working alongside the Infantry I was primarily responsible for the coordination of artillery fire. It was during this time that I became a keen photographer.  When I was deployed I would try to fit in taking photographs around my main job.  I would develop my own film and print my own black and white pictures. For the last 6 years or so of my military service I transferred trades and became a photographer for the Army.  Army photographers are responsible for providing images of the British Army, wherever they might be and whatever they might be doing. I have now finished my career in the military and continue to take photographs. The images here are a selection of work from my time in the Armed Forces and show the wide range of subjects and situations the Army photographers find themselves in from time to time.  I have also included some of my work since leaving. These, I hope, illustrate my passion for documentary photography. This is a member of the Sniper Platoon from 1st Battalion The Staffordshire Regiment who were deployed in the Shatt Al Arab Hotel in the Southern Iraqi town of Basrah during January 2007. The Platoon were deployed on Operation Telic 9 as part of 19 Light Brigade. I spent about a week living with the platoon documenting their activities. An Infantry soldier from 19 Light Brigade stands guard and protects the entrance to a school as he takes part in an operation in the North of Basrah City to help support the Civilian and Military Cooperation Team (CIMIC).  The CIMIC act as a liaison between local officials and governors of schools or colleges.  They plan and orchestrate local contractors to deliver the required equipment and materials so that engineers from the Iraqi Army can carry out renovation or building work. The British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to British Troops based in Afghanistan. A British soldier from Burma Company The 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment moves quickly along the edge of a field to shout orders to his men as his patrol come under heavy fire during a Taliban ambush. A machine gun team behind him try to suppress the Taliban insurgents who engaged the patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The Second Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers train on Salisbury Plain training area as they prepare for possible deployment to Afghanistan. The soldiers, from 7 Armoured Brigade currently based in Hohne in Germany, mounted a dawn assault on Imber Village in the training area to practice their drills and procedures. Lance Corporal Shane Fitzwater from Burma Company The 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment gestures to colleagues to move past him along a ditch as he provides cover fire with his GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun) as they come under fire during a patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The flag draped coffin of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan is repatriated on-board a C17 transport aircraft to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire. A steam engine lumbers up an incline as it takes part in a drive past of old engines at the Dorset Steam Fair. A local surfer in Saltburn performs a manoeuvre during a good swell at Saltburn beach. South Gare Fisherman's huts on Teesside have been in this location for many years and offer a place for the fishermen to prepare, fix and ready their fishing equipment and nets. King Arthur Pendragon is the Titular Head and chosen Chief of the Loyal Arthurian Warband. For a period of ten months he staged a protest for the right to recognise and use Stonehenge as an official site for the Druid beliefs that he feels passionately about.   He was eventually evicted from the site. A druid attending the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, stands looking at the ancient site before sunrise. A member of the groundcrew helps to prepare a balloon as it is inflated prior to an early morning flight at the annual International Balloon Festival, Bristol, England. With Whitby Abbey in the background a woman plays the fiddle as she entertains at the Whitby Folk Festival.