Forewarned

Lieutenant-Colonel (Retd) Diane Allen had 30 years' experience in the British Army.She was one of the first women at Sandhurst. She moved through the ranks into more senior military leadership, creating new intelligence units. Sandhurst was so unprepared there were no boots small enough for women and no beds for them (a recurrent theme).She served in Northern Ireland and Germany in the regular army, then 25 years in the reserves, alongside a career in the public and private sector.

By November 2019, she started a messy divorce with the army. But with each success she achieved, resistance from those in charge increased.In November 2018, Diane was awarded the OBE for services to military intelligence. But she isn't leaving voluntarily - she has been pushed out.A soldier with an appalling record made a malicious complaint against her and, despite being