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Andy McNab Timeline

When	Where	What
Dec., 1959	I would guess London	Andy McNab born, abandoned, adopted
1959-1969	Herne Bay, Catford, Bermondsey	Early childhood, spent one year with Aunty Nell in Catford
1968	Warehouse in Peckham	8-year-old McNab witnesses a friend's death
1967-1976	Peckham	Young McNab grows up in the housing estates
1975	Brixton	Drops out of school at 15 to work for haulage firm
Dec.,1975	Catford	Starts working at (gasp!) McDonald's
Dec.,1975	Dulwich	McNab and friends caught burglarizing a flat
Summer,1976	Army Recruiting office,London	McNab enlists in Royal Green Jackets
Sep.,1976	Kent (Shornecliffe)	McNab,16, arrives at Infantry Junior Leader's battallion
Sep., 1976-May,1977	Folkestone West (Shornecliffe)	McNab completes basic training and boxes for Army team
May-June,1977	Winchester	Rifle Depot, Light Division Drill
July,1977	Gibraltar	McNab's first posting with 2RGJ
Dec.,1977-Jun.,1978	South Armagh, Northern Ireland	McNab's first six-month tour of duty with 2RGJ
Mar. 4, 1978	Crossmaglen	McNab is covering VCP when Nicholas Smith is killed by bomb
Late 1978	Tidworth	McNab,18, marries first wife, Christine
Dec.,1978-Jun.,1979	South Armagh, Northern Ireland	Second NI tour, rank of Lance Corporal
Jun. 9, 1979	Keady, South Armagh	McNab, 19, kills Peadar McElvenna in firefight with PIRA
Summer, 1979	Tidworth?	NCO's Cadre, promoted and became youngest Infantry Corporal at 19
Sep.,1980	Tidworth	Christine and AM separate and subsequently divorce
Late 1980	RAF Wroughton near Swindon	Met Debbie at a NAAFI disco
Late 1980-1982	Winchester	Posted to Rifle Depot for 2- yr. stint as a training corporal
Aug.,1982	Winchester	McNab, now a corporal, marries Debbie
1982-1983	Minden, Germany	During this time McNab decides to try for SAS
Jul.,1983	Stirling Lines, Hereford	McNab fails his first attempt at Selection
Jan.,1984	Stirling Lines, Hereford	McNab completes the Endurance phase and passes Selection
Feb.-Mar.,1984	Stirling Lines, Hereford	Continuation training in preparation for Jungle phase
Mar.,1984	Brunei	Jungle Phase of Selection
Mar.,1984	Hong Kong	McNab buys his first bone shirt
Mar.-Apr.,1984	South Wales?	Escape & Evasion training
Jun.,1984	Stirling Lines, Hereford	BADGED!
1984-1985?	Belfast, Londonderry, and vicinity	Back in NI, this time with B Sqadron 22 SAS
1985?	Hereford	McNab divorces Debbie
?1986	Belize	Stationed near Belize City with "F-Troop"
1986	Botswana and the Okavango	Training and patrolling in Africa
1987-1988	Northern Ireland	Operated in conjunction with 14 Int (the Det)
Feb. 24,1987	Hereford	McNab's daughter is born
1987?	Hereford?	McNab marries third wife
1989?	Hereford?	McNab divorces third wife
1988-1989?	Somewhere in South America	McNab and SAS on covert drug-interdiction ops
1990?	Hereford?	McNab marries fourth wife
Jan.,1991	Iraq	McNab leads Bravo Two Zero patrol into Iraq
1991-Feb., 1993	Unknown	McNab works with Revolutionary Warfare Wing
Feb., 1993	Hereford	McNab leaves the SAS and retires from the Army
Oct., 1993	Worldwide	Bravo Two Zero published...And I think you know the rest!

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