The SAS storm the Iranian Embassy ending a six-day siege, May 1980 - PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo In March 1980, six Iranian men flew into London and rented a flat in Earl’s Court, a packed itinerary ...
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Major David Young, SAS officer in Northern Ireland, the Iranian embassy siege and the first Gulf War
Major David Young, known as “Gonzo” or “Gonz”, who has died aged 74, was an SAS officer who made an outstanding contribution ...
At 19:30, on Wednesday, April 30, 1980, a small, secret, and exceptionally well-equipped army rolled out of Bradbury Lines, the Special Air Service camp at Hereford. Locals tended to be overly curious ...
The Iranian Embassy siege began as a political protest and escalated into one of the most dramatic hostage crises in modern British history. For six tense days, six gunmen held diplomats, police, and ...
Trevor Lock, the policeman who became a hero of the Iranian Embassy siege, has died at the age of 85. Mr Lock was guarding the Iranian embassy in South Kensington when he and 25 others were taken ...
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