Serjeant John Heron – 23 SAS Regiment & Royal Green Jackets – 2015

John Heron

John Heron joined the Royal Green Jackets and then served with 23 SAS Regiment before moving onto private security abroad.
  • Memorial Text
  • John Heron – Royal Green Jackets and 23 SAS Regiment
  • 7th November 1958-19th October 2015
  • “Jack” or “Geordie” Heron as he was known to his colleagues joined the 2nd Battalion Royal Green Jackets in 1975 and saw service in Gibraltar, Germany, Northern Ireland and UK and he also joined 23 SAS Regiment (V) where his work was highly secret.
  • On leaving the army in 1992 Jack continued his service to humanity by working as a security advisor and close protection operative where his work took him to Kurdistan. Sadly he passed away whilst on duty there on the 19th October 2015 and his body was repatriated to the UK and interred in Hill Road Cemetery, Penwortham, Preston.
  • Jack is remembered in these peaceful gardens by Joanne, John, Andrew and all the family.
  • “Life is a voyage that is homeward bound.”
  • Garden 4-Special Air Service-Allied Special Forces Memorial Grove.