Lee parachutes into new role as historic Beefeater

GRIMSBY MAN JOINS 34 OTHER YEOMAN WARDERS AT TOWER

- By COREENA FORD

A GRIMSBY man has taken up residence at the Tower of London after being appointed to one of the most famous historic jobs in the world.

Lee Fox, a former Pegasus Company Sergeant Major who grew up in Grimsby, has started his new post as a Yeoman Warder - better known as a Beefeater at the tower.

He becomes the latest recruit to an iconic group dating back to 1485.

YW Lee Fox - the first member of the Parachute Regiment to become a Beefeater - joins 34 other Yeoman Warders who live and work at the Tower of London, alongside the famous ravens.

The Beefeaters have been a fixture at the Tower of London ever since they were created in 1485 by Henry VII, as an extension of his personal protection.

The guards themselves date back even further - to the band of warders who guarded the Tower of London and its prisoners from the reign of William the Conqueror in the 11th century.