Tony Deane-Drummond | |
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| Birth name | Anthony John Deane-Drummond |
| Born | June 1917 Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 4 December 2012 (aged 95) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | 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.