Gallery - The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

As the youngest tank commander and troop leader stationed at the British Army's base at Basra Airport, 2nd Lieutenant Lewis Ballard-Whyte is carrying a lot of history on his shoulders.

His regiment, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, was instrumental in toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime and played a key role in the war fighting phase of operations in Iraq in 2003.

It is a source of pride to the 23-year-old, who grew up in the north-east.