Nick Downie
Nicolas Jon Downie was a British journalist and soldier.Nick Downie was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and at the Middlesex Hospital and Stirling Lines. One year before his qualification as a doctor, Downie instead joined the Special Air Service as a Trooper.Career
Military
Downie was the only civilian of 120 applicants to the Regular SAS, but one of six accepted into the training. He was an instrumental figure in the Dhofar Rebellion, where he destroyed a South Yemen fort, who with Russian and Chinese support were helping the infiltration of Oman by South Yemen Downie’s final military engagement was with the Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan fighting against Saddam Hussein in 1974-75.Journalist
He later worked as a war correspondent, winning multiple awards. The Royal Television Society recognised his work with three awards.
Downie became disillusioned by the viewers' desire for images over analysis.
