This Is Your Life: Anthony Deane-Drummond

Colonel Anthony DEANE-DRUMMOND CB, DSO, MC and Bar (1917-2012)

THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Colonel Anthony Deane-Drummond, an officer of the Royal Signals in the British Army, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews outside the BBC Television Theatre.

During the Second World War, Anthony 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.

"It was great fun meeting all my old friends and I must thank the BBC for arranging it"

programme details...

Edition No: 142
Subject No: 142
Broadcast live: Mon 12 Dec 1960
Broadcast time: 7.30-8.00pm
Venue: BBC Television Theatre
Series: 6
Edition: 13

on the guest list...

Lt Col T A G Pritchard DSO MBE
Capt Christopher Lea
Lt Col Dudley R Schofield DSC TD
Signora Traxler Camerana
Monsieur Louis Nouveau GM
Monsieur Alex Watabled
Lance Corporal Arthur Turner
Paul Roelofsen
Mr & Mrs Huisman
Mrs Deane-Drummond - wife
Shirley Deane-Drummond - daughter
Angela Deane-Drummond - daughter
Caroline Deane-Drummond - daughter
Anna Deane-Drummond - daughter
Mme Renee Nouveau

production team...

Researcher: John Sandilands
Writer: Peter Moore
Director: Michael Goodwin
Producer: T Leslie Jackson

related page...

Military Life

saluting the armed forces

Series 6 subjects