22 SAS Large, Donald (Lofty)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Large ​

• FORENAME

Donald (Lofty) ​

• UNIT

D Squadron (18 Troop) ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

5577627 ​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

Borneo 1965 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 1 Bn Gloucestershire Regiment​

born 1930 Oxfordshire​

resided Cheltenham, Gloucestershire​

22 SAS (16/D Squadron) 1957-62​

23 SAS 1962-64​

22 SAS (18/D Squadron) 1964- ?​

23 SAS ?-1973 (WO II)​

author "One Man's SAS" (1987) and "One Man's War in Korea" (1988)​

reprinted as one volume "Soldier Against the Odds: From Infantry to SAS" (1999)​

died November 2006 St Michael's Hospice, Hereford age 76​

husband of Anna Large, Hereford (2 children) ​

London Gazette 43837, 10th December 1965, Page 11680​

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