Soldier 'I': The story of an SAS Hero

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I could have killed all three before they could say their Hail Marys. This was a unit that was exhausted and couldn’t give a damn. More good news for our lads. On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a remote UK colony in the South Atlantic. The move led to a brief, but bitter war. To him, standing in front of the embassy three decades later, the moment is as clear as if it were yesterday. REPLICA OF ONE OF THE RUSSIAN HAND GRENADES CARRIED BY THE TERRORISTS DURING THE SIEGE , PERSONALLY SIGNED UP FOR DISPLAY BY SAS TROOPER … PETE WINNER WHO WAS ONE OF THE SAS INVOLVED IN THE STORMING OF THE BUILDING .

Below: An enlarged original photograph showing some of the surrounding landscape where the Battle of Mirbat took place. This photo was apparently taken during the 1980’s BELOW : Original one of only two privately commissioned oil paintings by Gloucestershire artist Paul Bridgman of Talaiasi Labalaba PWC, BEM, MID , one of the heroic SAS troopers who fought in Operation Storm during The Battle of Mirbat , Oman and was sadly killed in action. We watched them every step of the way. They were inching forward, knowing we were out there. And every second took them deeper into our ambush. They’re f****** wild horses,” said Steve Jones, our Welsh lead scout. At that moment, they came thundering straight for us. It was scary as hell. The men of B Squadron were assaulting the besieged Knightsbridge building after a tense six-day wait – the first full-scale military assault in modern London.

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Nothing travels faster in a battalion than news of the boss’s mood and the word was out. H was not a happy man.

When you are getting bitten by mosquitoes in some stinking jungle or dying of thirst there is no glamour there. But there is, of course, the pride in being part of the élite and there are glamorous jobs when you get taken out of the jungle and find yourself bodyguarding the British Ambassador of Kabul. The SAS look after him. FORMER SAS BRAVO TWO ZERO HERO CHRIS RYAN SEEN PICTURED HERE WITH ANDY JONES FROM THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL Like any good commander, H wanted action and if there was any glory about, he wanted it for his men and not the “Booties”, the Royal Marines who led the task force sent to the Falklands after the Argentinian invasion in April 1982.Large spent the final years of his 27-year Army career as an instructor with 23 SAS Regiment (one of the SAS's two reserve regiments), [11] eventually leaving the Army in 1973 as a Squadron Sergeant Major and Warrant Officer Class 2. [7] Legacy [ edit ] He recalls: "All feelings of doubt and fear had now disappeared. I was blasted, the adrenaline was bursting through my bloodstream. Fearsome! I got a fearsome rush, the best one of my life. He wrote two books about his time in the Army: One Man's SAS and One Man's War in Korea, and was one of the first non-commissioned officers (NCOs) to write about the SAS, preceding such soldiers-turned-authors as Andy McNab and Chris Ryan. [45] A third book, Soldier Against the Odds: From Korean War to SAS, consisted of revised versions of his first two books together with some additional material. Andy McNab has said that "[Large's first two books] were recommended reading for Regiment candidates. He was instrumental in setting the template for future members of the Regiment." [45] There are stepladders placed on the stairs and I am now thinking ‘booby-trap’ but I pull them out of the way – no time to worry about that.