Lofty Large, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLofty Large
British writer
Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1930
Place of Birth: Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 22-Oct-2006
Profession: writer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Lofty Large
- Donald "Lofty" Large (27 September 1930 – 22 October 2006) was a British soldier and author. Having joined the Army as a boy, Large fought in the Korean War and was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Imjin.
- He spent two years in a prisoner-of-war camp, where his injuries went untreated and he lost more than a third of his body weight.
- After his release and rehabilitation, he joined the Special Air Service (SAS) and went on to serve in various conflicts around the world, hunting communist guerrillas in Malaya, suppressing rebellions in Oman and Aden, and conducting deniable cross-border reconnaissance and raids during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. An imposing figure – he was almost 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall – he was given the nickname "Lofty" after joining the Army. After his retirement, Large wrote two books about his Army career, preceding such authors as Andy McNab and Chris Ryan.
- Andy McNab has said that Large and his books were "instrumental in setting the template for future members of the [SAS] Regiment".
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