Cedric Delves
| Cedric Delves | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 March 1947 Singapore |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army
|
| Years of service | 1968 – 2003 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
22 SAS 3rd (UK) Division Field Army |
| Battles/wars |
Operation Banner Falklands War Bosnian War Iraq War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service |
Lieutenant General Sir Cedric Norman George Delves KBE DSO (born 1 March 1947) is a former commander of the 22 SAS Regiment and later a British Army general.
Delves was born on 1 March 1947 in Singapore and lived in Singapore and Eastbourne, Sussex as a child. He was educated at Woolverstone Hall School.
Officer Cadet Delves was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst into the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment of the Prince of Wales's Division on 2 August 1968, and promoted lieutenant on 2 February 1970. Having been promoted to captain on 2 August 1974, he passed selection for the SAS and undertook tours in Northern Ireland for which he was Mentioned in Despatches in December 1979 for services between 1 May 1979 and 31 July 1979 and again in December 1981 for services between 1 May 1981 and 31 July 1981. Still serving with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment he was promoted major on 30 September 1980.
Major Cedric Delves distinguished himself on 21 April 1982 when, as Officer Commanding D Squadron 22 SAS, he captured Grytviken on South Georgia without a single loss of life, on 15 May 1982 when his squadron destroyed eleven Argentine aircraft at Pebble Island, on 21 May 1982 when he led a deceptive raid on Darwin, and again on 31 May 1982 at Mount Kent in the Falkland Islands where he took his squadron 40 miles behind enemy lines and secured a firm hold on the area allowing conventional forces to be brought in.
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