BELOW : Original one of only two privately commissioned oil paintings by Gloucestershire artist Paul Bridgman of Sekonaia Takavesi – PWC,DCM. one of the heroic SAS troopers who fought in Operation Storm during The Battle of Mirbat , Oman. Rare bronze statue on plinth ( 18 inch tall ) of Colonel H Jones , now on display at Littledean Jail . Don "Lofty" Large" (PDF). The Allied Special Forces Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2012 . Retrieved 3 April 2012.

The chapter devoted to Large in Pete Scholey's book SAS Heroes: Remarkable Soldiers, Extraordinary Men They’re fine as far as they go, but they can’t tell it like a front-line para – or Toms as we call ourselves – and they haven’t told the whole story. But I can. I was there. So, to leave the way I did just left me quite angry. It’s left more than just a bitter taste in my mouth, I’m truly gutted." Which celebrities are still in SAS: Who Dares Wins? DO COME VISIT AND SEE OUR EVER EXPANDING AND HISTORICALLY INTRIGUING PRIVATELY OWNED COLLECTION OF SAS MEMORABILIA AND PARAPHERNALIA. Ironically, it turned out later that the Argy high command thought the bulletins were a double bluff, designed to wrong-foot them.

After a 10-day forced march north, and having received only basic medical attention, Large arrived at a prison camp outside Chongsung, about 50 miles north east of Sinuiju. [15] He spent two years in the camp and celebrated his 21st birthday there. Throughout his incarceration he had two bullets and at least 18 pieces of shrapnel embedded in his body. [16] To help Large cope with the chronic pain of his untreated injuries, an American POW introduced him to marijuana, which grew wild in the area. Although he found it to be a highly effective– and enjoyable– painkiller, he was somewhat alarmed by its psychoactive effects and subsequently tried to limit his use of the drug. [17] Like many of his fellow prisoners, Large also suffered from beri-beri and dysentery. [18] [19] On the afternoon of the sixth day the monotony was swept away when one of the terrorists assassinated a hostage and threatened to kill more. Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton MVO MBE - Private Secretary to Their Royal Highnesses Princes William and Harry of Wales

For this wasn’t insects. It was our lads fixing their bayonets and preparing to advance down the narrow isthmus of land leading to Goose Green.Plaque on side of Rare bronze statue on plinth ( 18 inch tall ) of Colonel H Jones , now on display at Littledean Jail . The stairs were now clear and we disappeared into the gloom of the basement. I fished a stun grenade out of my waistcoat and pulled the pin. Audio Armageddon, I thought, as I tossed the grenade into the darkness."

The battle is briefly depicted in the 2011 film Killer Elite, where it is central to the plot. The film is based on Fiennes' fictional book. What did he know that I didn’t? Had he been a hussar before he joined the Paras? I didn’t think so.All that mattered was that there was no edge of alarm in their voices; no hint they’d heard anything. I didn’t need Spanish to know they hadn’t rumbled us. Corporal ‘Chris “Geordie” Ryan’, (Pseudonym), MMformer 23(R) SAS. The only member of the patrol to escape capture. Author of The One That Got Away (1995) He was what we called a “crap-hat”– a soldier from a non-Para regiment, and thus a stranger to the coveted red beret – but he made an immediate impact the moment he joined us. ONCE again, H would be leading from the front, where he shouldn’t be, but this time it wouldn’t be an exercise. It would be live rounds and H really would be dead.