Please answer the following question: Facts: - service years: 1979-2006 - caption: john 2011 senior attending the buckingham palace garden party june - birth name: john wilson senior - battles: operation fingal - allegiance: united kingdom united kingdom - awards: territorial decoration - unit: 2 16 uk air assault brigade -lrb- hq -rrb- bn yorkshire volunteers , 4/5 green howards , - branch: 23px territorial army - image: major john wilson senior td.jpg - birth place: scarborough , united kingdom - rank: major Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john senior .
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major -lrb- ret -rrb- john wilson senior td .mobilised on the 27th december 2001 , senior was the first member of the british territorial army to be deployed on operational service to afghanistan -lrb- post 11 september 2001 -rrb- .he is also the founder of heroes welcome uk , a national scheme to encourage local communities to show their open support to british and other uk based military personnel .