David Stirling
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling was an officer in the British Army and the founder and creator of the Special Air Service. Under his leadership, the SAS carried out hit-and-run raids b
David Stirling in 1942
Lieutenant Colonel Stirling with Lieutenant Edward McDonald and other SAS soldiers in North Africa, 1943
Members of the 'French Squadron SAS' (1ere Compagnie de Chasseurs Parachutistes) in Tunisia. Previously a company of Free French paratroopers, the French SAS squadron were the first of a range of units 'acquired' by Major Stirling as the SAS expanded.
Statue of David Stirling by Angela Conner near Doune, Scotland
Paddy Mayne
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Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Blair Mayne,, best known as Paddy Mayne or familiarly as Blair, was a British Army officer from Newtownards. He was an amateur boxing champion, qualified as a solicitor and p
David Stirling
…the task of setting up the Colditz British Intelligence Unit by a Stay-Behind Order (SBO) which was in place in the area. Following Stirling's capture, Paddy Mayne took command of the SAS. Stirling transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers in 1947. Stirling was granted the honorary rank of Lt. Col as a…
Mayne as a lieutenant near Kabrit, Egypt, in 1942
Col. Mayne's gravestone at Movilla Abbey in Newtownards, Co. Down