SAS Calvert, James Michael (Mad Mike)

[John Robertson]

• 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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