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TV show's ex-SAS hero rescued hostages in mission so lethal it was called Operation Certain Death - Mirror Online
![Paratroopers Capt. Liam Cradden (left) 30, from Sheffield, and Cpl. Simon Dawes, 29, from Basingstoke, who took part in the mission which rescued six British soldiers held by rebels in Sierra Leone Paratroopers Capt. Liam Cradden (left) 30, from Sheffield, and Cpl. Simon Dawes, 29, from Basingstoke, who took part in the mission which rescued six British soldiers held by rebels in Sierra Leone](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3161R/paratroopers-capt-liam-cradden-left-30-from-sheffield-and-cpl-simon-dawes-29-from-basingstoke-who-took-part-in-the-mission-which-rescued-six-british-soldiers-held-by-rebels-in-sierra-leone-face-the-press-in-the-capital-freetown-one-british-soldier-died-and-11-others-were-wounded-during-the-operation-to-free-the-men-who-were-kidnapped-by-the-west-side-boys-august-25-2D3161R.jpg)
Paratroopers Capt. Liam Cradden (left) 30, from Sheffield, and Cpl. Simon Dawes, 29, from Basingstoke, who took part in the mission which rescued six British soldiers held by rebels in Sierra Leone
![Paratroopers Capt. Liam Cradden (left) 30, from Sheffield, and Cpl. Simon Dawes, 29, from Basingstoke, who took part in the mission which rescued six British soldiers held by rebels in Sierra Leone Paratroopers Capt. Liam Cradden (left) 30, from Sheffield, and Cpl. Simon Dawes, 29, from Basingstoke, who took part in the mission which rescued six British soldiers held by rebels in Sierra Leone](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3161F/paratroopers-capt-liam-cradden-left-30-from-sheffield-and-cpl-simon-dawes-29-from-basingstoke-who-took-part-in-the-mission-which-rescued-six-british-soldiers-held-by-rebels-in-sierra-leone-face-the-press-in-the-capital-freetown-one-british-soldier-died-and-11-others-were-wounded-during-the-operation-to-free-the-men-who-were-kidnapped-by-the-west-side-boys-august-25-2D3161F.jpg)
Paratroopers Capt. Liam Cradden (left) 30, from Sheffield, and Cpl. Simon Dawes, 29, from Basingstoke, who took part in the mission which rescued six British soldiers held by rebels in Sierra Leone
![West Side boys man a roadblock on the road August 2000 from Freetown to Masiaka the road the Soldiers currently taken hostage where travelling on Stock Photo - Alamy West Side boys man a roadblock on the road August 2000 from Freetown to Masiaka the road the Soldiers currently taken hostage where travelling on Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/B4XTJ8/west-side-boys-man-a-roadblock-on-the-road-august-2000-from-freetown-B4XTJ8.jpg)