![]() ![]() ![]() Mark was successful but Alex, having already been accepted by the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, was rejected on medical grounds, due to an eye condition. Īged 17, Alex applied with his brother Mark to join the British Army. As a teenager he joined the Stroud Army Cadets, and held a long-standing ambition to join the armed forces. He was raised in Gloucestershire, living in Stonehouse near Stroud, attending Maidenhill School in Stonehouse. After 23 years service, Rowe reached the second highest level of rank among the corps of non-commissioned officers in the French Army, and had been awarded five citations for acts of bravery in operational theatres around the world, culminating in 2009 with the Légion d'honneur for a second tour of Afghanistan.Īlex Rowe and his twin brother, Mark, were born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 11 November 1966. Born and raised in England, he was unable to join the British Army at age 17 on medical grounds, and instead elected to join the Foreign Legion at age 20. ![]() ![]() Twin brother Mark, Captain in the Royal EngineersĬhief Adjutant (French:Adjudant-Chef) Alex Rowe (born 11 November 1966 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British member of the French Foreign Legion, one of the most decorated members of the Legion and the first British legionnaire to be invested into the Légion d'honneur, France's highest order of merit. Five citations for bravery, including the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur ![]()
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