When I came home one day last week "Dickenson real deal" was on,not my favourite show (honestly)but there was retired SAS Warrant Officer John Thompson having his medals valued with no thought of actually selling them but after being offered £10,000 and (speechless) he was persuaded to go to auction, when the hammer fell at £17,000 John said the money would go towards his family mainly his 2 week old grandaughter for her future in college.im not sure if it was more a case of the rarity of the medals themselves or more the case of who they were actually awarded to.
John joined the army in 1964 into R.E.M.E where he completed his parachute training and was posted to cyprus,John transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps parachute Brigade in 1969,John was one of the very first to remove his beret in place of the UN blue type.in 1978 John applied and completed selection into the SAS where he joined boat group "A" squadron and then in may 1980 took part in operation "NIMROD" the taking of the Iranian Embassy siege,in 1981 John transferred to boat group "G" squadron which was selected for the "falklands"so by transferring john became the only member of the SAS to have taken part in both campaigns,he arrived 3 weeks before the TaskForce sending back intel and was never caught,John left the Army in 1984 aged forty after giving twenty years to his Queen and country,there is a documentry on later this year,I hope most of the details are right as I felt this man needs to be known,a real life true hero in my eyes..............
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