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SAS Rogue Heroes: Gentleman Jim was 'quiet but deadly'

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Jim Almonds , a founding member of the SAS , earned the nickname Gentleman Jim for his manners.

Almonds earned the Military Medal , with bar, for his bravery and he twice escaped from Italian prisoner of war camps.

His daughter, Lorna Almonds-Windmill , says her father was quiet but deadly when necessary.

Second series of SAS Rogue Heroes is currently screening on BBC 1 and iPlayer .

Almonds-Windmill was troop sergeant to Paddy Mayne , portrayed in the TV series.

She says she thinks the portrayal of Mayne 's "wildness" in the series is a little over the top.

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79

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75

Neutral language

73

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

32

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not offensive

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Time-value

medium-lived

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