Born and educated on the Isle of Wight, Trevor Stone was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Supply Branch in 1981 and served for thirty-five years, retiring as a Wing Commander. During his time in the RAF, he was deployed to Turkey, The Balkans, and Afghanistan, as well as serving in West Germany during the latter years of the Cold War. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Exeter, and lectures at the University of Lincoln. He is married and lives with his wife in Cambridgeshire.