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This list includes notable individuals who served in the Special Air Service (SAS) – (Regular or TA). Michael Asher – author, historian and desert explorer; Sir Peter de la Billière – Commander-in-Chief British Forces in the Gulf War; Julian Brazier TD – MP for Canterbury; Charles "Nish" Bruce QGM – freefall expert; Charles R. Burton ...
Forkhill, 1976, senior IRA member Peter Cleary killed in struggle after capture by SAS. Coagh, 1978. Maghera, 1978, IRA members and an SAS unit exchange fire near Maghera, County Londonderry. One British soldier shot dead. A prominent IRA member, Francis Hughes, was wounded and captured following the shootout.
[90] [91] Troops usually consist of 16 members (Members of the SAS are variously known as "blade" or "Operator") [92] [93] [94] and each patrol within a troop consists of four members, with each member possessing a particular skill e.g. signals, demolition, medic or linguist in addition to basic skills learned during the course of his training ...
Lieutenant-General Peter de la Billière, Schwarzkopf's deputy and former member of the SAS, requested the deployment of the Regiment, despite not having a formal role. [103] The SAS deployed about 300 members with A, B and D Squadrons as well as fifteen members from R Squadron the territorial 22 SAS squadron. [104]
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This House recognises the grave injustice meted out to Lt-Col. Paddy Mayne, of 1st SAS, who won the Victoria Cross at Oldenburg in North West Germany on 9th April 1945; notes that this was subsequently downgraded, some six months later, to a third Bar DSO, that the citation had been clearly altered and that David Stirling, founder of the SAS ...
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SAS: Who Dares Wins is a reality quasi-military training television programme broadcast by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom since 19 October 2015. [1] There have been eight main series and six celebrity spin-off series.