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However, in 1939, with the country on the brink of war, Donnie joined the Territorial Army and was called up to fight.

During the session Tugendhat, a former officer in the Territorial Army who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, repeatedly highlighted his military background, saying "my entire life has been about public service".

In the last parliament only two Labour MPs had military service - Dan Jarvis, who served 16 years in the Parachute Regiment, and Clive Lewis who reached the rank of Lieutenant in the Territorial Army.

The former Territorial Army officer, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee since 2017.

In the same month a bomb exploded inside a Territorial Army base in north Belfast.