PARAS Deane-Drummond, Anthony John

[John Robertson]

Other Entry

[ 22 SAS ]

• SURNAME

Deane-Drummond ​

• FORENAME

Anthony John ​

• UNIT

11 Special Air Service Bn (X Troop) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

71076 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross ​

• PLACE

Italy 1941 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Corps of Signals​

born 23.6.1917​

son of Colonel J.D. Deane-Drummond​

educated Marlborough​

graduated RMC Sandhurst​

commissioned Royal Corps of Signals 1937​

3 Division,France 1939-40​

2 Commando​

11 SAS Bn​

award M.C.​

POW February 1941 Italy​

escaped to Switzerland June 1942​

1st Airborne Divisional Signal Regiment (2IC) 1944​

award bar to M.C. and Mention in Despatches​

Staff College,Camberley 1945​

Brigade Major,a brigade,6th Airborne Division 1945​

RMA Sandhurst (instructor) 1950-52​

1 Bn Parachute Regiment 1952-57 (company commander)​

CO 22 SAS 1957-60 (LtColonel)​

award D.S.O.​

GOC 44 Parachute Brigade (TA) 1961-63​

Assistant Commandant,RMA Sandhurst​

GOC 3rd Infantry Division 1966​

Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations),M.O.D.​

retired as Major General 1970​

chief executive,Paper and Paper Products Training Board 1971-78​

member,British gliding team (British champion 1957)​

author "Return Ticket" (1951)​

married Evangeline Boyd 1944 (predeceased him) (4 daughters Shirley,Angela,Anne and Celia)​

died 4.12.2012 Alveston Leys Nursing Home,Stratford-upon-Avon,Warwickshire​