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Significant Scots: biography of Sir David Stirling; Virginia Cowles. The Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and the SAS Regiment (Collins, 1958) ISBN 1848843860 ISBN 978-1848843868; Gavin Mortimer. Stirling's Men: The inside history of the SAS in World War Two (Cassell, 2004) ISBN 0304367060 ISBN 978-0304367061; Gavin Mortimer.
Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph "Bill" Stirling of Keir (9 May 1911 – 1 January 1983) was a Scottish officer of the British Army who served during the Second World War. Initially joining the Special Operations Executive , he would go on to command No. 62 Commando and then the 2nd Special Air Service (2 SAS).
Born the son of Major Charles Stirling (1870–1914) of Ropers Hall, Bures, Suffolk and his wife the Hon. Amy Harriott Gurdon (1864–1944) (daughter of Lord Cranworth), William Stirling attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from which he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 30 August 1926.
David Stirling, who was by that time sometimes referred to as the "Phantom Major" by the Germans, [citation needed] was captured in January 1943 in the Gabès area of Tunisia by a special anti-SAS unit set up by the Germans. [13] Stirling escaped and joined a group of Arabs; unfortunately they sold him back to the Germans for 11 pounds of tea.
The Raid on Sidi Haneish Airfield was a military operation carried out the night of 26 July 1942. A British Special Air Service unit commanded by Major David Stirling attacked a German-held airfield in Egypt during the Western Desert Campaign of Second World War.
The men involved in Operation Houndsworth were part of the Special Air Service Brigade.The Special Air Service (SAS) was a unit of the British Army during the Second World War, formed in July 1941 by David Stirling and originally called "L" Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade—"L" being an attempt at deception implying the existence of numerous such units.
Operation Tombola, March 1945, major operation around Bologna. Operation Archway, March 1945, reconnaissance in support of the crossing of the Rhine. Operation Amherst, In the night of 7 April 1945, more than 700 Free French SAS of the 3rd and 4th SAS were dropped in the Netherlands between Hoogeveen and Groningen.
David Stirling OBE DSO – Founder of the Regiment [1] Tip Tipping – Stuntman; Richard Tomlinson – Secret Intelligence Service; Steve Truglia – stuntman; Sir Roland Walker – Chief of the General Staff (2024 – present) John "Lofty" Wiseman (Regimental Sergeant Major) Johnny Wiseman MC (WWII)