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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 4589" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Brown </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Anthony George Edgar G. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">D Squadron</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lance Corporal </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23742439 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>26th May 1967 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>25 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Silent Valley Cemetery,Little Aden Section 1 Row B Grave 7 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 8.4.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died in Aden,South Arabia </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Lance Corporal Tony Brown joined the Royal Artillery in November 1959 at the age of 17, and came to the S.A.S. in 1964. His determination to succeed at everything he did soon achieved results and accelerated his promotion. A fine natural athlete, Tony will be well remembered for his ability on the football and rugby pitches. A strong swimmer and canoeist he was a great asset to the Boat Troop where he served. His death, both tragic and untimely, came as a direct result of enemy action.’</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"></span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Anthony George Edgar Graham ‘Tony’ Brown was a member of “D” Squadron, 22 SAS, and had been in the army for seven years. It was his third tour in Aden. A related newspaper cutting states that he was fluent in seven languages, including Arabic, and that he was ‘one of only three men in the British Army to be presented with the Silver Wings of the German Special Airborne Division’.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em></em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>He was killed by a sniper, shortly after bringing up some new troops to his position, while he was pointing out the ground to another member of his squadron at a forward Observation Post.</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 4589, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Brown [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Anthony George Edgar G. [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT]D Squadron[/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Lance Corporal [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]23742439 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]26th May 1967 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]25 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Silent Valley Cemetery,Little Aden Section 1 Row B Grave 7 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 8.4.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died in Aden,South Arabia [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I]Lance Corporal Tony Brown joined the Royal Artillery in November 1959 at the age of 17, and came to the S.A.S. in 1964. His determination to succeed at everything he did soon achieved results and accelerated his promotion. A fine natural athlete, Tony will be well remembered for his ability on the football and rugby pitches. A strong swimmer and canoeist he was a great asset to the Boat Troop where he served. His death, both tragic and untimely, came as a direct result of enemy action.’[/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)] Anthony George Edgar Graham ‘Tony’ Brown was a member of “D” Squadron, 22 SAS, and had been in the army for seven years. It was his third tour in Aden. A related newspaper cutting states that he was fluent in seven languages, including Arabic, and that he was ‘one of only three men in the British Army to be presented with the Silver Wings of the German Special Airborne Division’.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I] He was killed by a sniper, shortly after bringing up some new troops to his position, while he was pointing out the ground to another member of his squadron at a forward Observation Post.[/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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