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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling, DSO, OBE (15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990) was a Scottish officer in the British Army and the founder and creator of the Special Air Service (SAS). Under his leadership, the SAS carried out hit-and-run raids behind the Axis lines of the North African campaign.
Stirling is the eldest son of William Joseph Stirling of Keir (9 May 1911 – 1983) and his wife (m. 22 November 1940) Susan Rachel Bligh (12 August 1916 – 1983), and a nephew of Colonel Sir David Stirling, DSO, OBE who was the founder of the Special Air Service; both are descendants of Charles II of Scotland and England.
Kathleen Mary Losinska, OBE (née Conway; 5 October 1922 – 16 October 2013) was a leading conservative trade unionist in Britain, involved in the Civil and Public Services Association and associated with Sir David Stirling. She was born in Croydon, the daughter of a soldier, and attended Selhurst Grammar School. [1]
Sir. David Stirling Anderson. FRSE. Born () ... He was born in Glasgow on 25 September 1895, the son of Alexander Anderson and his wife, Sarah Stirling.
Stirling was born at Keir near Dunblane, the second son of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet of Keir and Pollok and his wife Lady Anna Maria, second daughter of the 10th Earl of Leven and Melville. [1] [2] Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet was his elder brother and Stirling was heir-presumptive to the baronetcy. [2]
He was the elder brother of David Stirling, one of the founders of the SAS, but Bill has been described as the "real brains behind the operation". [1] He was, however, removed from his command of 2 SAS by Frederick "Boy" Browning two days before D-Day because they clashed over how best to deploy his unit, thereby ending his army career.
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 ...
Crawford was the son of Sir Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk and Katherine Stirling. Succeeding his father in 1381, he was known until his elevation to the peerage as Sir David Lindsay of Glenesk. He was also the 10th baron of Crawford, Lanarkshire. [1] In 1398, his father-in-law Robert II gave him the title of earl, along with Crawford Castle.