Tony Deane-Drummond

Tony Deane-Drummond
Tony Deane-Drummond
Birth name	Anthony John Deane-Drummond
Born	June 1917; Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England
Died	4 December 2012 (aged 95)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1937−1971
Rank	Major-General
Service number	71076
Unit	Royal Corps of Signals 3rd Parachute Brigade; 22 Special Air Service Regiment; 44th Parachute Brigade; 3rd Division
Battles/wars	Second World War; Palestine Emergency; Malayan Emergency
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order; Military Cross & Bar; Mentioned in despatches (2)
Other work	British Gliding Champion, 1957; Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff for Operations, 1968; Colonel Commandant of the Royal Corps of Signals, 1966–1971

Major-General Anthony John Deane-Drummond, CB, DSO, MC & Bar (23 June 1917 – 4 December 2012) was an officer of the Royal Signals in the British Army, whose career was mostly spent with airborne forces.

During the Second World War, he was the second-in-command of a commando force which destroyed an aqueduct in 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.