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Frank Collins (British Army soldier)

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Religion
  
Alma mater
  
Oak Hill College

Role
  
British Army soldier

Name
  
Frank Collins

Nationality
  
British


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Died
  
1998, Stockbridge, United Kingdom

Frank Collins (Nov. 1956 – 16 June 1998), was a Church of England clergyman and the first 22 SAS soldier to enter the building in the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980. Whilst with 22 SAS B Squadron Air (7) Troop, Collins served with both Al Slater and Charles "Nish" Bruce. He left the service in 1989 to work in security and later pursued training for ordained ministry.

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After becoming vicar of St Peter with St Owen and St James in Hereford, he was commissioned as a chaplain in Territorial Army unit the 23 SAS Regiment and served as padre with the The Parachute Regiment.

His autobiography, Baptism of Fire, was published by Doubleday in 1997. He committed suicide by gassing himself in his car in 1998.

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Frank Collins (British Army soldier) Wikipedia