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Very sad news - Jack Mann, legendary surviving member of the Long Range Desert Group, the SAS, the SBS and SOE has sadly passed away, aged 100. Jack was a close friend, and many of you will have met him at my book launches. He featured in several of my books, the first of which was The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, as Jack served as one of Anders Lassen VC's indefatigable warriors. He was also a stalwart deputy to SAS commander Roy Farran DSO and they remained life-long friends. It was always an honour and priviledge to spend time with Jack, either hearing his stories of the war or of the remarkable life he lead thereafter. Jack executed behind the lines missions in North Africa, the Middle East and Europe, and he remained a stalwart supporter of the SAS Regimental Association, being a regular at commemorations and reunions, as these photos testify. He was modest, self-effacing and humble until the end. Rest in peace, Jack. We will remember them. Please share. (Photos show Jack seated in Jeep, France; Jack (right of photo, with the late P J Cabut (centre) and the late SAS veteran Alec Borrie (left of photo); Jack and Roy Farran DSO, in France (Farran in SAS beret), listening to a local French lady's reminiscences of their WW2 operations.