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Captain Tiger Sarll | |
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 Capt Tiger Sarll at the Balkan War | |
| Nickname(s) | 'Tiger' Sarll |
| Born | 23 September 1882 London, England |
| Died | 8 July 1977 (aged 94) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles / wars | Anglo-Boer War, German invasion of Belgium, Rif War, WW1, WW2 |
| Awards | Queen's South Africa Medal, King's South African Medal |
Captain Thomas Henry William Bang-fee Sarll (23 September 1882 – 8 July 1977), known as Tiger Sarll, was a British Army captain, war correspondent, cameraman, animal trainer, and adventurer.
He first enlisted with the South African Light Horse in the Second Boer War where he was wounded on three occasions and lost the sight in his left eye. He then went on to join The Royal Canadian Dragoons where he travelled to Argentina and Mexico. After this excursion, he became a cameraman for Pathé, filming various battles from 1912 to 1914 including the Balkan War and the fighting in Belgium during World War I.
Shortly after Tiger went on as a journalist to report on the Rif War rebellion against the Spanish protectorate in Morocco. He then went on to catch pythons and alligators in Mexico for zoos and returned to England to start a circus act. During World War II he acted as a firefighter. His biography, written by Godfrey Lias OBE, was published after an appearance on the TV programme This is Your Life, where he notably failed to recognise some of his grown-up offspring ("You're not one of mine, are you? Which one are you?").[citation needed][1][2][3][4][5][6]
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- ^ Bottomore, Stephen (3 September 1993). "In time of war". Sight and Sound. 3 (9). London: British Film Institute: 30–33.
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- ^ Walker, Peter (4 September 2014). "Legacy of adventurer's global trips to go under the hammer" (PDF). Essex Chronicle: 24–25.