An SAS hero who took part in the Iranian embassy siege and helped in raids during the Falklands War has died aged 82. John Thompson, warrant officer, died on Saturday evening after a period of ill ...

He was one of a SAS team flown into the Iranian embassy in London in 1980 after six gunmen took 26 hostages, killed one and threw his body out of the building.

Mel Parry - one of SAS troops who famously stormed Iranian embassy to end six-day siege - dies. Mr Parry was among those involved in one of the SAS's most famous operations and was remembered as a ...

One of the final surviving SAS members who stormed the Iranian embassy in London has died. Mel Parry died after a ‘very long illness,’ SAS veteran Bob Shepherd said. He described him as ‘one of the ...

One of the last surviving SAS soldiers who stormed the Iranian embassy in London has died. Mel Parry was part of the SAS team which ended the 1980 siege after six armed men took 26 people hostage ...

The Iranian embassy siege took place from April to May of 1980. Panic was sparked when, on April 30, six gunmen took 26 people, including staff, a police officer and members of the public, hostage ...

Hereford funeral for SAS Iranian embassy siege soldier. 21 June 2023. Share Save. Susie Rack & Joanne Writtle. ... Members of the public were welcome to attend the funeral at the city's cathedral, ...

AN SAS hero who took part in the Iranian embassy siege and daring raids during the Falklands War has died. Warrant Officer John Thompson, 82, died on Saturday evening after a period of ill health. … ...

Mel Parry was part of the SAS team which ended the 1980 siege after six armed men took 26 people hostage within the building. Members of the Special Air Service (SAS) enter the Iranian Embassy in ...

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of an SAS soldier who stormed the Iranian embassy in London during a siege in 1980. Mel Parry helped save 19 hostages after six terrorists took over ...

SAS hero who took part in Iranian embassy siege and daring Falklands War raids dies aged 82. By FRANKIE ELLIOTT FOR MAILONLINE. Published: 11:03 EDT, 1 September 2024 | Updated: 12:22 EDT, 1 ...