Linguist, author, mariner, navigator, parachutist, diver, skier, X Craft miniature submarine operator. Extensive WWII special operations service for Britain, awarded Knights Cross of St. Olaf First Class by king of Norway for rescue of Norwegian civilians, post war Canadian Navy service.
Commissioned into Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1939; served as Navigating Officer in a Fleet Tug working out of Scapa Flow, Jan- Mar 1940; served in Norway, Apr-Jun 1940; appointed to staff of Adm Commanding Orkney and Shetland to collect information about the west coast of Norway, 1942; ran special Motor Torpedo Boat operations in Norway, 1942-1943; served with 12 (Special Service) Submarine Flotilla, 1943-1944; appointed to Naval Intelligence Division - Room 30, Admiralty, 1944, under Ian Fleming and undertook reconnaissance/sabotage work with 30 Commando Assault Unit (cover name Special Engineering Unit); landed at Utah beach, Normandy, on D+4 with two Royal Marines Commandos with an unrestricted authority order signed by Eisenhower to pass through Allied lines and assault specific targets in German held territory; disabled the German destroyer Z29 at Bremerhaven with full crew; took surrender of the town of Bremen.
Widely acclaimed as the main inspiration for Ian Fleming's character James Bond, though Dalzel-Job stated he personally "only ever loved one woman" and was "not a drinking man".
Memoirs written 1991 titled: ‘From Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy’, ISBN 0-9519788-0-2
Married Norwegian sweetheart Bjorg in 1945 - deceased; one son, Maj. Iain Dalzel-Job, 2nd Scots Guards (retd), who commanded G Coy (7, 8 and 9 Platoons) at the assault on Mount Tumbledown during the Falklands War.
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