About Fergie Semple
Lived 1922 – 2003 (aged 81). Fergie Semple was an engineer and military personnel.
Brigadier Roderick Ferguson Semple, (26 January 1922 – 31 July 2003) was a British Army officer who served as Director SAS from 1969 to 1972.
Military career Educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and the University of Aberdeen, Semple was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1942. He served in the Second World War with the 6th Airborne Divisional Engineers creating Glider Landing Zones in the Airborne landings in Normandy in June 1944. He received the MC for this.
In retirement, Semple became Director-General of Administration in the Omani Department of Defence and a member of the Sultan's National Defence Council.
Family Semple was married to Olivia; they had no children.
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Director of the SAS
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Fergie Semple was born on 26 January 1922.
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Fergie Semple died on 31 July 2003.
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Fergie Semple was an engineer and military personnel.
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