21/04/2026
Norwich, GB 6 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

MIKE ‘LOFTY’ CARR, aged 101

A surveyor who joined the LRDG fighting the Axis powers in North Africa, he had many exciting exploits before becoming a POW and making a dramatic escape.

MIKE SADLER, aged 103

The last surviving original member of the SAS he was their desert navigator, leading daring raids against the enemy before working in intelligence after the war.