. . . . . . . "30209074"^^ . . . . "St Peter with St Owen and St James Church, Hereford"@en . . . . . . . "British"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Frank Collins (British Army soldier)"@en . "1998-06-16"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Newcastle upon Tyne, England"@en . "1998-06-16"^^ . . . . . "Stockbridge, Hampshire, England"@en . . . . . "Frank Collins (5 November 1956 \u2013 16 June 1998) was a Church of England clergyman and the first 22 SAS soldier to enter the building in the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980. Whilst with 22 SAS B Squadron (Air) Troop, Collins served with both Al Slater and Charles \"Nish\" Bruce. He left the service in 1989 to work in security and later pursued training for ordained ministry. His autobiography, Baptism of Fire, was published by Doubleday in 1997. He committed suicide by gassing himself in his car in 1998."@en . . . . . . . . . "1956-11-05"^^ . . . . "1956-11-05"^^ . . "Anglicanism"@en . . . . . "Frank Collins"@en . "Frank Collins"@en . . . . . . . . "Frank Collins (5 November 1956 \u2013 16 June 1998) was a Church of England clergyman and the first 22 SAS soldier to enter the building in the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980. Whilst with 22 SAS B Squadron (Air) Troop, Collins served with both Al Slater and Charles \"Nish\" Bruce. He left the service in 1989 to work in security and later pursued training for ordained ministry. Having trained at Oak Hill College, a conservative evangelical theological college, Collins was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1992 and as a priest in 1993. He served his curacy at St Peter with St Owen and St James, Hereford in the Diocese of Hereford. He was then commissioned as a chaplain in the Territorial Army, and served as padre of 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve), The Parachute Regiment and the AMF(L) in Bulford, Wiltshire. His autobiography, Baptism of Fire, was published by Doubleday in 1997. He committed suicide by gassing himself in his car in 1998."@en . . "1120443144"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "3300"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .