Big Red Book
Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
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"
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