John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Calvert
  • FORENAME
James Michael (Mad Mike)
  • UNIT
HQ SAS Brigade (Commanding Officer)
  • RANK
Brigadier
  • NUMBER
58046
  • AWARD
various foreign decorations as below
  • PLACE
NW Europe 1945
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Engineers
born 6.3.1913 Rohtak,India
Royal Engineers 1939-40 (Captain)
5 Bn Scots Guards (reduced to Sergeant) 1940
Royal Engineers (Captain) again
Chindits 1943-44
GOC SAS Brigade December 1944-45
holder D.S.O. and bar
awards 1945
Legion dHonneur;Officer (France)
Croix de Guerre,with palm (France)
Order of Leopold II (Belgium)
Croix de Guerre,with palm (Belgium)
King Haakon VII Freedom Cross (Norway)
died 26.11.1998
author "Fighting Mad" (1965)
biography :- "Mad Mike" D.Rooney (1997)
 
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