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VINTAGE 1990 Death COLONEL DAVID STIRLING FOUNDER OF THE BRITISH SAS Ephemera

VINTAGE 1990 EPHEMERA

COLONEL SIR DAVID STIRLING, DSO, OBE

FOUNDER OF THE BRITISH SPECIAL AIR SERVICE (SAS)

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MILITARIA | BRITISH | UNITED KINGDOM

EPHEMERA | ENGLISH / ENGLAND | UNITED KINGDOM

CULTURE | HISTORY | HERITAGE

DETAILS:

MEASUREMENTS:

Approx. 8 1/4 inches x 11 3/4 inches

SUBJECT:

COLONEL SIR DAVID STIRLING, DSO, OBE

Knigt of Honour and Devotion

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

who died 4th NOVEMBER 1990

aged 74 years

DATE:

4th November 1990

STAMPS / POSTMARKS / SEALS:

MALTESE CROSS

PUBLISHER’S / MAKER’S / OTHER MARKS:

N/A

SIGNED:

N/A

TEXTS / NOTES / ANNOTATIONS:

REQUIESCAT IN PACE

Confreres are reminded to have a private Mass of Requiem said.

NOTES / OTHER DETAILS:

SCANNED COPIES OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

are printed at the back.

FIRST HERO OF SAS DIES

Sir David Stirling,

the founder of the SAS,

has died after a long illness,

aged 74.

It was while he was serving

in the North African desert

with the Guards in 1942

that Sir David got his idea for a special force.

The young major urged the need

for “an army within an army”

to make secret raids against the enemy.

He was given six officers and 60 men

to try out his theories in the Western Desert.

The Special Air Services was born,

and Major David Stirling became known

as the “Phantom Major”

among Rommel’s troops

after destroying 250 enemy aircraft

and scores of fuel and ammunition dumps.

His tactics of operating far behind German lines

helped give him legendary status.

In 1943 he was taken prisoner in Tunisia.

He escaped, was recaptured

and spent the rest of the war in notorious Colditz Castle.

Sir David quit the army in 1945

as a colonel,

but kept close links with the regiment-

motto “Who Dares Wins”-

and is believed to have helped

with counter-terrorism.

FATHER OF THE SAS DIES AT 74

(for text, please see scanned image)

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