TINNION, Bradley
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Known as:
Brad
Rank:
Bombardier
Regiment/Corps:
Special Air Service
Service:
Army
Number:
24852343
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Sunday, February 13, 1972
Died :
Sunday, September 10, 2000
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
28
Cemetery/Memorial:
Bombardier Bradley Tinnion, 22 Special Air Service Regiment, died of wounds when hit by machine gun fire during an operation to rescue and evacuate six Army hostages out of the jungle in Sierra Leone (Operation Barras).
Mentioned in Despatches (posthumous) in recognition of gallant and distinguished service. Former service included 29 Commando RA until 1998.
Mentioned in Despatches (posthumous) in recognition of gallant and distinguished service. Former service included 29 Commando RA until 1998.
Son of Charles Tinnion and Phyllis Collins. Partner of Anna Homsi and father of their daughter Georgia born after his death.
Sources
AFM ROH.
London Gazette 56168, page 4246.
Numerous record entries in Hansard regarding death in service payments and subsequent press reports.
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