![]() ![]() He would ultimately serve seventeen years with the SAS, serving in countless war zones, winning a commendation for bravery and being awarded the MBE. ![]() ![]() He excelled in this life, rising to the rank of sergeant major for the regiment, and undertaking dozens of classified and extremely dangerous missions. In 1991 he took on an even bigger challenge – taking the SAS course – the fearsome and secretive elite special forces unit with a well-won reputation for excellence in operating in extreme and hazardous conditions. It would be the making of him.īillingham would graduate from the Royal Marine cadets to enlisting with the Parachute Regiment in 1983, where he would serve with distinction as a Patrol Commander and expert sniper. Leaving school at eleven years of age, the threat of borstal hanging over his head, running with gangs in Birmingham, and almost being killed in a knife fight eventually led to Billy discovering the British armed forces at sixteen years of age. The Hard Way is brutally brilliant.' – Tom Marcus, Number One bestselling author of Soldier Spyīilly Billingham grew up tough a grim future ahead of him offering little respite from the hostile streets he walked. ![]() 'The most experienced Special Forces soldier in recent memory. ‘Billy is inspirational and always humble. They are the backbone of the British military and I for one am thankful he is on our side!’ – Sir Ranulph Fiennes ‘The SAS and all it stands for is exemplified in men such as Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham. ![]()
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