Major General Anthony John Deane–Drummond CB, DSO, MC & Bar (born 23 June 1917) is a retired officer of the Royal Signals in the British Army, whose career was mostly spent with airborne forces. During the Second World War, he was the second-in-command of a commando force which made a failed raid on southern Italy, and was captured by enemy forces. He escaped from captivity, was recaptured, escaped again, and eventually made his way back to England sixteen months after the raid.

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  • 1917-06-23 (xsd:date)
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  • Major General Anthony John Deane–Drummond CB, DSO, MC & Bar (born 23 June 1917) is a retired officer of the Royal Signals in the British Army, whose career was mostly spent with airborne forces. During the Second World War, he was the second-in-command of a commando force which made a failed raid on southern Italy, and was captured by enemy forces. He escaped from captivity, was recaptured, escaped again, and eventually made his way back to England sixteen months after the raid. He later served in Operation Market-Garden and was captured at Arnhem, but successfully escaped for a third time. After the War, he commanded 22 SAS Regiment in Malaya and Oman, and held a number of staff positions, later commanding a division in the British Army of the Rhine before retiring.
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  • 23 June 1917
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  • British Gliding Champion, 1957
    Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff for Operations, 1968
    Colonel Commandant of the Royal Signals, 1966–1971
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  • Major General Anthony John Deane–Drummond CB, DSO, MC & Bar (born 23 June 1917) is a retired officer of the Royal Signals in the British Army, whose career was mostly spent with airborne forces. During the Second World War, he was the second-in-command of a commando force which made a failed raid on southern Italy, and was captured by enemy forces. He escaped from captivity, was recaptured, escaped again, and eventually made his way back to England sixteen months after the raid.
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  • Anthony Deane–Drummond
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