Troopers lined the central staircase as each hostage was roughly bundled down the stairs and out the rear doors to the back garden. "He was the best of the best, and is now on that level.Mr Lock was also hailed as a hero after the six-day siege, and was awarded the George Medal for his actions.He had been guarding the embassy on the day the terrorists took control of it, in his role in the diplomatic protection corp.After concealing his gun for six days, he pulled out the weapon and pinned down one of the terrorists as the SAS including Bob smashed through the windows in televised images that gripped the world.Since the siege, Mr Lock has kept a low profile, avoiding publicity, but spoke with sadness today about Bob's plight.
By Peter Taylor
So they did a balancing assessment, and reasoned that it was more important to try … Half way down the stairs, a terrorist was spotted amongst the hostages. The Ministry of Defence refused to give us assistance with the programme and the SAS even sent round a letter telling members of the Regiment not to talk to us. 'WO White joined the army aged 17 in 1972 and served in the 17th/21st Lancers, stationed in Germany and Northern Ireland.In 1978 he applied join the SAS and was successful at his first attempt.He went on to serve in the Falklands and left the SAS in 1985 and retired from the military 10 years later.He worked as a residential carer at a special needs school in Hampshire before he retired two years ago.In 2017 he sold his General Service medal with Northern Ireland clasp, South Atlantic medal, Regular Army Long Service and Good Conduct medal for £30,000 to help him retire.The siege began when a group of six gunmen stormed into the Iranian embassy in South Kensington, London, on April 30th 1980.They took mostly embassy staff hostage but among them was BBC sound recordist Sim Harris who was at the embassy to get a visa.PC Trevor Locke, a member of the diplomatic protection squad and on duty at the building, was also among those held at gunpoint.The terrorists demanded the release of prisoners in Khuzestan Province in southern Iran during a series of tense negotiations with the police who sealed off the embassy and surrounding streets.
In the past, Trevor has also been known as Trevor Kyle Sas and Trevor K Sas. 'She had this wonderfully coiffured hair-do and she sat down right in front of the TV and our sniper commander shouted out from the back 'move you effing head Maggie'. 'Give the lady her due, she just looked back and said sorry and moved out of the way.
If it had gone off we would have lost a lot of the hostages. At noon 3 shots were heard from within the embassy and later that evening Lavasani's body was pushed out the front door. The SAS were now ordered to go in.As the terrorist leader was kept busy on the phone with negotiations, the SAS assault teams moved to their start positions. Kingpin Lock Aluminium or Steel. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The hostages were handcuffed and spread-eagled in the rear garden of the embassy. Former SAS man Robin Horsfall
Warrant Officer Ian White was one of the 32 commandos who famously stormed the building in As he helped evacuate all 25 hostages he noticed one of the terrorists trying to disguise himself as a civilian - while holding a live hand grenade.Thirty-two commandos famously stormed the building in London, pictured, to bring an end to the six day hostage siege in 1980Warrant Officer Ian White, pictured left in 1980 and pictured right today, was one of the 32 commandos who famously stormed the building in London Having taken hostages, the terrorists demanded the release of prisoners in Iran and safe passage out of BritainThe SAS, pictured storming the embassy, rehearsed their hostage-release tactics at the full-size mock-up of the site that had been built at their temporary base in Regent’s Park BarracksUnable to get a shot off due to the innocent civilians in the way, he shouted a warning to a colleague at the foot of the stairs who was receiving the hostages.Speaking ahead of the event's 40th anniversary, WO White, now aged 64, said: 'I grabbed this person and turned him around and sent him down the stairs when I realised it was a terrorist and he had a grenade.
'After the legendary 17 minute mission that saw all the hostages rescued alive and five of the six Arab terrorists killed, the commandos returned to their base next door.WO White said: 'We were met by our police liaison officer who was still there and he was gobsmacked because the first thing one of us said to him was 'who won the snooker'.
It's said that one SAS trooper separated the terrorist and led him back into the embassy, presumably to finish him off.
The gunmen also demanded safe passage out of the Britain.After becoming frustrated with the lack of progress over five days they shot one of the hostages and threw his body out of the embassy.The death was the signal for the SAS - motto Who Dares Wins – to be sent in.The SAS teams, who had arrived secretly in London from their Hereford base, were given permission by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to carry out a rescue mission given the code name Operation Nimrod.On the evening of May 5th TV news cut into normal programming to broadcast the beginning of the end of the siege as the SAS soldiers all clad in black abseiled down the front of the building.Millions watched in awe as they tossed stun grenades into the building to begin their assault.BBC cameraman Sim Harris was captured scurrying to safety, jumping over a balcony, while smoke billowed from the building after a curtain caught fire.What was unseen by cameras were the other teams – including Horsfall and Firmin - sweeping through the building in a race to free the hostages before they were shot.The raid lasted just 17 minutes and all but one of the six gunmen were shot and killed.A second hostage was shot dead by the gunmen and two others seriously wounded.The televised raid was the first time the British public had ever seen the Special Forces soldiers in action and elevated them to superstar status. But SAS members talk to the media at their peril. A road drill outside was used to cover the sounds of holes drilled through the walls of adjacent buildings for eavesdropping devices.
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