22 SAS Simpson, John James Hope

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Simpson ​

• FORENAME

John James Hope ​

• UNIT

Director of SAS and Commander SAS Group ​

• RANK

Brigadier ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Commander of the Order of the British Empire ​

• PLACE

1976 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Gordon Highlanders​

born 10.10.1927 Trinidad​

educated Queen's Royal College,Trinidad​

educated Cambridge University​

enlisted 1945 Coldstream Guards​

commissioned Gordon Highlanders 1946​

award Mention in Despatches (Malaya 1950s)​

Captain 22 SAS 1960s​

Staff College (instructor) 1965-68 (LtCol)​

Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (C.O.) 1969​

Commander Brunei Armed Forces (Colonel)​

award Dato (knight) of the Order of the Star of Brunei​

Staff,HQ UK Land Forces​

Director of SAS and Commander SAS Group 1972-75​

Ministry of Defence​

left Army 1979​

married Jocelyn Drysdale 1955 (3 children)​

died 7.3.2007 ​

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