Against All Odds: Escape from Sierra Leone
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Phil Ashby
Major Phil Ashby QGM (born 1970) is a former Royal Marines Commando officer, notable for his escape and evasion in the jungles of Sierra Leone in 2000.
He was brought up in Helensburgh on the West Coast of Scotland and educated at Glenalmond College.Sponsored by the RM, he read engineering at...
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