Andrew Massey (British Army officer)

Brigadier Andrew Christopher "Andy" Massey OBE (18 April 1943 – 19 August 1998) was a British Army officer who served in Oman, Dhofar and Northern Ireland.

[1] Massey and his wife, Major Annabelle Cunningham (married 1977), went to Buckingham Palace to receive his Member of the Order of the British Empire which was awarded in January 1980.

[8] In the summer of 1979 he was appointed to command "A Squadron" 22 SAS Regiment a position he held until his promotion to lieutenant-colonel in 1981 when he became an instructor at Camberley leading the Counter Revolutionary Warfare Team.

In 1982 he was appointed the Special Forces Liaison Officer at HQ Commander-in Chief Fleet in Northwood, Middlesex during the Falklands War.

[1] Massey won the US Armed Forces Staff College Leadership Prize in 1984 before succeeding to command of 22 SAS Regiment from Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Rose.

MBE – Member of the Order of the British Empire (silver)