Turtle’s badly damaged craft sank just as they made the far shore, only for them to come under fire again, this time from mortars, as they withdrew on foot. One of his crew commented: “Throughout it all Tommy was totally calm and composed. You would have thought he was on an exercise.”Īfter the Falklands he was posted as an instructor to 21 SAS (Volunteers) in London and then served in Northern Ireland, where his competence and personality impressed his opposite numbers in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. TOUCHE TURTLE PROFESSIONALĪn RUC officer said of him: “His strong gentle nature, modesty, total integrity, love of good company, a Guinness or two and the craic, all while being the completely professional soldier, endeared him to all he worked with. He sounded quite easygoing but you just knew that he was as tough as teak.” Turtle received a Mention in Despatches and in 1988 was awarded the British Empire Medal.Ī capable organiser, in 1990 he was promoted to warrant officer and posted to the International Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol School in Germany, then two years later was commissioned into the Royal Irish Regiment. He remained there until 1995, when the SAS recalled him for an advisory role in Bosnia. Hanna-Barbera - Touché Turtle and Dum Dum. Turtle’s final years in the SAS included appointments in the Directorate of Special Forces and in the Middle East. Haunting Licence (1963) Hanna-Barbera - Touché Turtle and Dum Dum. The Phoney Phantom (1963) Hanna-Barbera - Touché Turtle and Dum Dum. Touch Turtle (voiced by Bill Thompson, known for voicing Droopy) and his sheepdog sidekick Dum Dum (voiced by Alan Reed, known for voicing Fred Flintstone) were a pair of heroic fencers who battle villains and heroically save kings, queens, and others in distress. He is survived by his wife Sue and their two sons.
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