- SURNAME
Stirling
- FORENAME
Archibald David
- UNIT
Lieutenant (A/Captain) + Lieutenant Colonel
- RANK
L Detachment SAS (C.O.) + HQ SAS Brigade (2-in Command)
- NUMBER
72647
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Order,Officer of the Order of the British Empire,Mention in Despatches (twice),etc
- PLACE
North Africa 1941 (DSO,MiD) NW Europe 1944-45 (foreign awards)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 2 Bn Scots Guards
born 15.11.1915
resided Keir,Stirlingshire
brother William Joseph Stirling commanded 2 SAS 1943-44
8 Commando 1941 (Lt)
L Detachment SAS (C.O.) 1941-42 (Lt - Cap)
1 SAS (C.O.) 1942-43 (Maj - Lt-Col)
POW 27.1.1943
liberated 1944
HQ SAS Brigade (2-in-Command) 1944-45 (Lt-Col)
O.B.E. (London Gazette 14.2.1947
foreign awards
Order of Orange Nassau,Officer (Holland)
Legion dHonneur,Officer (France)
died November 1990
St Cumin's Churchyard,Loch Morar
biographies:-
"The Phantom Major" V.Cowles (1958)
"David Stirling" A.Hoe (1992)
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