1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
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The 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment or 1er RPIMa is a unit of the French Army Special Forces Command, therefore part of the Special Operations Command.
Parachute equipment
Members of the French Squadron of the SAS (1st Parachute Chasseur Company, 1ere Compagnie de Chasseurs Parachutistes, 1eCCP) during the link-up between advanced units of the 1st and 8th armies in the Gabes-Tozeur area of Tunisia. Previously a company of Free French paratroopers, the French SAS were the first of a range of units 'acquired' by Major Stirling as the SAS expanded.
1940 to 1946
1946 to 1955
Special Air Service
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The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling, and in 1950 it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, direct action and special reconnaissance. Much of the information about the SAS is highly classified, and the unit is not commented on by either the British government or the Ministry of Defence due to the secrecy and sensitivity of its operations.
SAS patrol in North Africa during WWII (1943)
21 SAS soldier after a night parachute drop exercise in Denmark (1955)
Ascension memorial at Hereford Cathedral