An SAS hero who took part in the infamous Iranian Embassy Siege and daring raids during the Falklands War has died aged 82.
Warrant Officer John Thompson died on Saturday evening after a period of ill health.
Originally from Liverpool, Mr Thompson began his military career after joining the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers and was eventually posted to Cyprus on New Year’s day 1964.
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.
His team stormed the building by abseiling from the roof in a successful rescue bid that killed five of the terrorists.
Warrant Officer John Thompson (pictured) died on Saturday evening after a period of ill health
He was also one of several brave troops used successfully to attack Argentine forces on the Falklands ahead of the main British assault in 1982.
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