In 2007, after 22 years of service in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces, Moira Cameron became the first female Yeoman Warder in over 500 years of the institution’s history. Whilst her roles include guarding the Crown Jewels it is clear that Moira’s true passion is the Tower community itself; from the families that live within it’s walls to the joy of guiding tourists around as they discover this significant part of London.

Having never served in London before this posting, Moira had always dreamed of a position in the capital. Yet it wasn’t until she saw a listing in The Soldier magazine that the thought of working within the Tower occurred to her as a possibility. Her full title is now “Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Members of the Sovereign’s Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard in the Extraordinary” and she is a London landmark in her own right.