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Major John Geoffrey Appleyard DSO MC and Bar (20 December 1916 – 1943) was a British Special Air Service (SAS) officer. Appleyard was born in Bramley. He was educated at Bootham School in York, where he combined academic success with natural history and roof-climbing and at Caius College, Cambridge, where he obtained a first in Engineering and a rowing blue, while he was also competing as a highly

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Appleyard, J.E. Geoffrey, London: Blandford, 1946
Peniakoff, Lt. Colonel Vladimir (known as ‘Popski’) Private Army, London: Jonathan Cape, 1950

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	{{Cleanup\|date=September 2007}}Major '''John Geoffrey Appleyard''' [[Distinguished Service Order\|DSO]] [[Military Cross\|MC and Bar]] (20 December 1916 – 1943) was a British [[Special Air Service]] (SAS) officer. Appleyard was born in [[Bramley, West Yorkshire\|Bramley]]. He was educated at [[Bootham School]] in [[York]], where he combined academic success with natural history and roof-climbing and at [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge\|Caius College, Cambridge]], where he obtained a first in Engineering and a [[university sporting blue\|rowing blue]], while he was also competing as a highly successful international skier. He was commissioned into the [[Royal Army Service Corps]] in 1939.<ref>''[[London Gazette]]'', 31 March 1939</ref> His war exploits as a commando on special service and with the SAS culminated with the SAS landing on [[Pantelleria]] and soon after that his loss when his plane crashed on its return from reconnoitring the foothills of [[Mount Etna\|Etna]]. Describing him ‘[[Vladimir Peniakoff\|Popski]]’ says, "He was one of the few officers who had developed the technique of the small scale raid: the care he took of his men made him stand out among brother officers who were too excited by the prospect of adventure to think of anybody but their own selves."		{{Cleanup\|date=September 2007}}Major '''John Geoffrey Appleyard''' [[Distinguished Service Order\|DSO]] [[Military Cross\|MC and Bar]] (20 December 1916 – 1943) was a British [[Special Air Service]] (SAS) officer. Appleyard was born in [[Bramley, West Yorkshire\|Bramley]]. He was educated at [[Bootham School]] in [[York]], where he combined academic success with natural history and roof-climbing and at [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge\|Caius College, Cambridge]], where he obtained a first in Engineering and a [[university sporting blue\|rowing blue]], while he was also competing as a highly

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