He was appointed Commanding Officer of 22 Special Air Service Regiment in 1964 .
He was was deployed to Borneo during the Indonesia -- Malaysia confrontation and then to Aden during the Aden Emergency before becoming Commander SAS Group as a colonel in 1967 .
He was appointed Commanding Officer of 22 Special Air Service Regiment in 1964 and was deployed to Borneo during the Indonesia -- Malaysia confrontation and then to Aden during the Aden Emergency before becoming Commander SAS Group as a colonel in 1967 .