- Born
- Died
- John McAleese was born on April 25, 1949 in Stirling, Scotland, UK. He died on August 26, 2011 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Was a member of the 22. SAS from 1975 to 1992.
- In May 1980, McAleese famously led the UK's elite SAS (Special Air Services) team in "Operation Nimrod" when they stormed the Iranian Embassy in London and ended the 6-day/129-hour hostage siege, an operation that was televised all over the world.
- His son Paul McAleese was killed in Afghanistan in 2009.
- Before joining the SAS He was a member of the Royal engineers.
- He was arrested just four days after attending his son's funeral in September 2009.
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