Hugh joined the British Army straight from school at age 17 and after three years service as an Infantry Soldier in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders he left the armed forces towards the mid-1990's. His passion for writing led to a new career, writing predominantly about aviation and military subjects as well as putting himself through his higher education studies. Hugh has authored in excess of twenty books; fiction and non-fiction, writing under his own name as well as utilising two different Pseudonyms. He has also written for several international magazines, while his work has been used as reference for many other projects ranging from the Aviation industry, international news corporations, film media to encyclopaedias and the computer gaming industry.