SAS Randall, John Hugh

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Randall​

• FORENAME

John Hugh​

• UNIT

1 SAS (HQ Squadron - Signals Officer)​

• RANK

Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Mention in Despatches​

• PLACE

France 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Artillery​

born 20.2.1920 Hampstead,London​

son of John and Margaret May (nee Newman) Randall​

father served as Captain KRRC in WW1​

educated Arnold House School​

educated St Lawrence College,Ramsgate​

office boy,Shell Mex House​

83 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery,R.A. January 1940 (Gunner + Sgt)​

124 OCTU,Llandrindod Wells,Wales 1940​

commissioned 2Lt R.A. 1941​

GHQ Liaison Regiment (G Group + G Squadron) 6.6.1941 (2Lt + Lt)​

GHQ Liaison Regiment (F Squadron) 14.1.1944​

1 SAS (HQ Squadron - Signals Officer) 19.3.1944 - 1.10.1945 (Lt)​

Mention in Despatches (France 1944)​

business consultant postwar​

married Jane (2 children)​

autobiography with M.J. Throw :- "The Last Gentleman of the SAS" (2014)​

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