PC Lock was awarded for his bravery after it emerged he had tackled a gunman and saved the life of an SAS soldier.

A POLICE officer hero of the bloody 1980 Iranian Embassy siege has died ... A six-day stand-off ended live on TV when the SAS stormed the embassy, killing five of the six hostage-takers.

I wanted a visa to visit Iran, where the US raid to rescue staff held hostage in its ... status largely to the classic film about it in 1955; the SAS abseiling down the walls of the embassy was on TV ...

The policeman who became a hero of the infamous Iranian embassy siege of 1980 has died ... the lead gunman in a room full of gas as the SAS stormed the building. The diplomatic protection officer ...

On the sixth day of the stand-off, the government ordered the SAS to raid the embassy after the gunmen shot dead Iranian press attaché Abbas Lavasani and dumped his body outside the building.

PC Trevor Lock, a hero of the famous Iranian embassy siege in ... Thatcher to send in the then little-known SAS. Image: Members of the SAS storm the embassy. Pic:Sipa/Shutterstock The elite ...

Trevor Lock, the policeman who became a hero of the Iranian Embassy siege ... stand-off that was ended when the Special Air Service (SAS) stormed the building, and saw Mr Lock receive the George ...