COMMANDING OFFICERS, 22ND
SPECIAL AIR SERVICE REGIMENT
All CO profiles courtesy of Mr.
Ryan Wulfsohn
Lieutenant
Colonel Michael Calvert, DSO, Royal Engineers, 1950-51
Lieutenant
Colonel John Sloane, OBE, The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders, 1951-53
Lieutenant
Colonel Oliver Brooke, DSO, MBE, The Welch Regiment,
1953-54
Lieutenant
Colonel Michael Osborn, DSO, OBE, MC, The West Yorkshire
Regiment, 1954-55
Lieutenant
Colonel George Lea, MBE, The Lancashire Fusiliers,
1955-57
Lieutenant
Colonel Anthony Deane-Drummond, DSO, MC, Royal
Corps of Signals, 1957-60
Lieutenant
Colonel Ronald Wilson, MBE, MC, The Royal Northumberland
Fusiliers, 1960-62
Lieutenant
Colonel John Woodhouse, MBE, MC, The Parachute Regiment,
1962-65
Lieutenant
Colonel Michael Wingate-Gray, MC, The Black Watch,
1965-67
Lieutenant
Colonel John Slim, OBE, The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders, 1967-69
Lieutenant
Colonel John Watts, MC, The Royal Irish Rangers, 1969-72
Lieutenant
Colonel Peter de la Billiere, MC, The Light Infantry,
1972-74
Lieutenant
Colonel Anthony Jeapes, OBE, MC, The Devonshire and
Dorset Regiment, 1974-77
Lieutenant
Colonel Michael Rose, OBE, QGM, Coldstream Guards,
1979-82
Lieutenant
Colonel Andrew Massey, MBE, Royal Corps of Transport,
1982-85
Lieutenant
Colonel Cedric Delves, DSO, The Devonshire and Dorset
Regiment, late 1980s
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