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Frank Collins (5 November 1956 – 16 June 1998) was a Church of England clergyman and the first 22 SAS soldier to enter the building in the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980. Whilst with 22 SAS B Squadron (Air) Troop, Collins served with both Al Slater and Charles "Nish" Bruce. He left the service in 1989 to work in security and later pursued training for ordained ministry. His autobiography, Baptism of Fire, was published by Doubleday in 1997. He committed suicide by gassing himself in his car in 1998.