Served as an officer in the No.11 Scottish Commandoes in WW2
\n In 1941, during a daring four man raid to capture Erwin Rommel in North Africa, he was captured by the enemy.
\n In a span of 2 years, he escaped a total of 7 times till finally making it back to the UK.
\n Days after his return, he was ordered by Winston Churchill himself to \u201cSet Europe ablaze\u201d
\n He parachuted behind enemy in lines in France and began a long campaign of destruction alongside the French resistance.
\n Virtually every single night, he would either kill Germans or destroy their supplies and communications.
\n On one occasion when a German staff car was approaching a level crossing Macpherson booby-trapped the barrier arm so it crashed down on the vehicle, decapitating the local commandant and his driver
\n He single handedly captured 23,000 men and 1,000 vehicles in one night by simply convincing a German General that he was in command of the Allied forces in the area.
\n As a touch of class, he would ride around the enemy country side in a black French car with a British flag attached to it. The Germans placed a 300,000 franc bounty on his head
\n He then went to Italy and pretty much did all of the above again.
\n Wounded numerous times and awarded the Military Cross for his actions
\n One of the most decorated soldier in history<\/p>\n
With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a L\u00e9gion d\u2019honneur, and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You should read the whole story at the link – it’s a pretty incredible story, that my cutting and pasting wouldn’t do justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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