This one just got away before the new contract..

This Author, Colin Armstrong,using the pseudonym 'Chris Ryan', wrote his account of the Bravo Two Zero patrol, published in 1995. Coburn also commented on the book: "The portrayal of Vince Phillips was a despicable betrayal of what happened. Revelations became more and more outrageous, culminating in a book and film that saw him portrayed in an unfair and undignified manner."
"Michael Asher's investigative book, "The Real Bravo Two Zero" (2003), also criticised Ryan's (Colin Armstrong) portrayal of Phillips. Asher found that many of the negative attributes Ryan (Colin Armstrong) had described, did not correspond with the evidence, nor the other patrol member's accounts."
...Asher claimed that his main achievement, though, was in exonerating Sgt. Vince Phillips, who died on the mission, and who had been blamed for its failure. Phillips' family received an official letter of exoneration from the Ministry of Defence as a result of Asher's work."
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Colin Armstrong (aka Chris Ryan) is identified in Special Forces (War Stories) by Brian Williams, 2011, page 18  ISBN 978 1 406 221 98 5

Changing the pseudonym 'Chris Ryan' to his actual name

Verifiability

'Ryan' has always used the initials 'MM' as part of his title when authoring books. 'MM' refers to the 'Military Medal' 'Ryan' won during Operation Granby, Gulf War, 1991. Only 15 MMs were awarded in this operation^[28]; the names of each recipient publically appearing in the London Gazette. Only 8 of these were awarded to members of the Special Air Service, 5 of which were ex-Parachute Regiment (as 'Ryan' has stated was his parent regiment in The One That Got Away (1995)), and one of these (Robert Consiglio) was awarded posthumously leaving only four names; Melville, Armstrong, Dunbar and Yoursten. Of these four, Yoursten works for Olive Security Group using his real name^[29] and the service numbers of both Melville (24355763)^[30] and Dunbar (24388481)^[31] pre-date that of even Steven Mitchell (24428654)^[32], who served in the British army for two years before 'Ryan' enlisted.

  'By a structured process of elimination, using only British Government published sources and 'Ryan' himself, 'Chris Ryan' is most certainly Colin Armstrong -: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bravo_Two_Zero - '

 

'Chris Ryan (real name Colin Armstrong) was a British Special Forces operative and soldier, until he wrote about his experiences during the First Gulf War and became an author. 'Chris Ryan' is actually a pseudonym and not his real name. His real name is Colin Armstrong. - http://chrisryan.wikia.com/wiki/Chris_Ryan