Mark Ormrod (Royal Marine)

Mark Ormrod MBE (born 29 July 1983) is a former Royal Marine, Invictus Games athlete, author and motivational speaker.

After triggering an improvised explosive device during a routine foot patrol in 2007, he suffered serious injuries resulting in a triple amputation.

[2] He was evacuated to Camp Bastion by the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) commanded by Squadron Leader Charlotte Thompson-Edgar.

They were unable to insert an intravenous line into Ormrod's left arm as the vein had collapsed so they had to improvise by drilling a needle into his iliac crest, part of his pelvis.

[3] For her "great skill, courage and determination” in saving Ormrod's life, Thompson-Edgar was made an Associate of the Royal Red Cross.

[14] It was announced in the Queen's Birthday Honours for 2020 that Ormrod had been awarded an MBE "for services to the Royal Marines and Veterans.

The family lives in a house in Plymouth with a garden renovated by Alan Titchmarsh with help from a number of organisations including the Royal Marines.

In 2024 he appeared on Craftcast, the official podcast of the United Grand Lodge of England to talk about his experience in the armed forces and Freemasonry.