TY - BOOK AU - SCULLY Will TI - Once a pilgrim: the true story of one man's courage under rebel fire SN - 0747222576 (hbk.): PY - 1998/// CY - London PB - Headline KW - CIVIL WARS KW - SIERRA LEONE N2 - During the 1997 military coup in Sierra Leone the author, an ex-member of the SAS, single handedly saved more than a thousand refugees who took shelter in a hotel. In telling the story, the book also describes some of the background to events in Sierra Leone. Will Scully won the Queen's Gallantry Medal for his action ER -