The last member of Operation Nimrod has died...

[Andy in NH]

Well done sir, fair seas and following winds. RIP

One of the last SAS soldiers who stormed Iran's embassy in London dies

One of the last surviving SAS soldiers who stormed Iran's embassy in London during the infamous 1980 siege has died.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Iranian Embassy siege - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Boghog1]

That wasn't that long ago

 

[Andy in NH]

Weird - the headline reads, "Last of 'the SAS balcony boys' dies", but the first sentence in the story reads, "One of the last surviving SAS heroes who stormed the Iranian embassy in London to rescue hostages during the 1980 siege has died."

I wonder which situation is correct?

I'll have to look into this more...

 

[hpm]

^^^This!
I think "one of the last..." makes more sense otherwise the whole 32 men team must have been already in their late 30s or 40s when it happened, with no younger team members...or they all mysteriously died young.

 

[Andy in NH]

This man appears to still be around: Author and Speaker | Rusty Firmin | Leatherhead.

I did an obituary search with nothing relevant as a result and there was a post to his LinkedIn profile three weeks ago.