334:, who were surrounded at the north end of Arnhem Bridge, and along with three other soldiers spent three days trapped in a small room at the back of a German–occupied house. On managing to leave this building, they split up to cross the river; Deane–Drummond successfully swam to the south bank of the Rhine, but was almost immediately taken prisoner. The next day, he managed to escape from a group who were being escorted out of Arnhem, and spent the next eleven days hiding inside a large cupboard until he felt safe to move.
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England sixteen months after the raid. He later served in
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The Red Beret – The Story Of The Parachute Regiment 1940-1945
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DSO, OBE, MC, Anthony Deane–Drummond was educated at
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The Red Devils - The Story of the British Airborne Forces
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Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff for Operations, 1968
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345:for this second escape, and awarded a
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859:"Major Anthony J. Deane-Drummond"
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383:Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
52:Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire
1093:Recipients of the Military Cross
713:Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle
667:Deane-Drummond, Anthony (1992).
648:Deane-Drummond, Anthony (1975).
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288:Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
16:British Army general (1917–2012)
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620:Buckingham, William F. (2002).
522:. 29 January 1937. p. 620.
443:at the BBC Television Theatre.
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794:Thompson, Major-General Julian
357:Deane–Drummond attended
193:British Gliding Champion, 1957
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878:"Maj-Gen Tony Deane-Drummond"
778:. White Lion Publishers Ltd.
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756:. Imperial War Museum.
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