Post-military career ĭavies retired from the British Army in 1985, and found employment as a consultant and product development and sales executive with the Cardiff based B.C.B. Davies had originally been sent to the scene to act as an observer and advisor, but once there ended up taking part in the armed assault on the plane to free the hostages, for which he was awarded the British Empire Medal. In 1977 he took part in an anti-terrorist operation to rescue 91 passengers of Lufthansa Flight 181 after the aeroplane had been hijacked at Mogadishu airport. At the age of 22 he applied to join the Special Air Service Regiment, and having passed its selection course was transferred into it, and went on to have an extensive career with its squadrons for almost 20 years around the world, including in service in Northern Ireland during Operation Banner, Oman, Malaya, Africa and Latin America. In 1962 at the age of 18 he enlisted with the British Army's Welsh Guards, which he served with for 4 years. Davies was born on 22 November 1944 during World War II, in Wem, in the county of Shropshire, where his father was a farmer.
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