Charles Cattell (1st SAS - WW2) Military Medal. Sergeant. 'L Detachment', 1st SAS Brigade, Special Raiding Squadron, 1st SAS Regiment.

ABOVE AND BELOW : ANDY JONES OF THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION WITH SEKONAIA TAKAVESI PICTURED HERE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL DURING A PRIVATE VISIT TO VIEW THE ” SAS WHO DARES WINS AND UK SPECIAL FORCES EXHIBITION ” HERE ON DISPLAY .

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Nobody there. We shout ‘room clear’ loud as possible through the masks and it comes out all muffled. We charge to the next one, leapfrogging the other guys.” Well, it’s typical SAS – let’s get down the pub and get pissed. Once you are on the booze you can tell us the story down there! So that is basically what happens.

Here, for the first time, is the brutally honest and vivid account of one of the Paras who fought with him. A few relieved shouts and nervous laughter from the enemy. The sight of wild animals coming out of the dark had rattled them, too. Above : Original privately commissioned oil painting by Gloucestershire artist Paul Bridgman of Lance Corporal Roger Cole who fought in Operation Storm during The Battle of Mirbat , Oman.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. Fowler, Will (2006). Britain's Secret War – The Indonesian Confrontation 1962–66. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-048-2. [ permanent dead link] I could see the detonator cap protruding from his hand. I moved my hand to the MP5 and slipped the safety-catch to automatic. Through the smoke and gloom I could see the others at the bottom of the stairs in the hallway. At 7.23pm there was an explosion and the instruction "Go, go, go" was relayed across the radios. Winner would lead his team through the embassy rear door as others abseiled down from the roof and entered second and first-floor balconies. BELOW : Original one of only two privately commissioned oil paintings by Gloucestershire artist Paul Bridgman of Pete “Snapper” Winner , one of the heroic SAS troopers who fought in Operation Storm during The Battle of Mirbat , Oman.