Steve was injured by a bomb in 1989 whilst on patrol in Belfast. He lost both of his legs as well as an eye. He now wears a black glass eye which his kids love as he looks like a pirate.

Steve says he chooses to wear shorts exposing his metal legs. “I purposely walk around looking the way I do. It’s better to be open about who you are.”

Despite his disability, sporty Steve is a transatlantic yacht racer and recently took part in the Royal Ocean Yacht Race with an amputee crew of ex-servicemen personnel, even though he can’t swim. He is also a volunteer coach for wheelchair basketball.

Steve has been unemployed for the last 20 years but would never want to sit behind a desk – he’s more of an outdoorsy type. He feels very strongly about, and lobbies for, soldiers who have been injured.

Age: 40
From: Leicester
Occupation: Ex HM Forces
Love Life: Lives with his second wife of 14 years and has eight children
Likes: Sports
Dislikes: Stuck up, self-opinionated, political people “who think they know a lot about things when they don’t”
Why he will annoy us: Steve has a lot of his own opinions to get across and he is not going to sit back quietly if things aren’t going his way.