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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 29537" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Stirling </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Archibald David </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant (A/Captain) + Lieutenant Colonel </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>L Detachment SAS (C.O.) + HQ SAS Brigade (2-in Command) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>72647 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Service Order,Officer of the Order of the British Empire,Mention in Despatches (twice),etc </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>North Africa 1941 (DSO,MiD) NW Europe 1944-45 (foreign awards) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit 2 Bn Scots Guards</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 15.11.1915</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Keir,Stirlingshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>brother William Joseph Stirling commanded 2 SAS 1943-44</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>8 Commando 1941 (Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>L Detachment SAS (C.O.) 1941-42 (Lt - Cap)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 SAS (C.O.) 1942-43 (Maj - Lt-Col)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>POW 27.1.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>liberated 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HQ SAS Brigade (2-in-Command) 1944-45 (Lt-Col)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>O.B.E. (London Gazette 14.2.1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>foreign awards</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Order of Orange Nassau,Officer (Holland)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Legion dHonneur,Officer (France)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died November 1990</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>St Cumin's Churchyard,Loch Morar</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>biographies:-</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>"The Phantom Major" V.Cowles (1958)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>"David Stirling" A.Hoe (1992) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>IMAGES:</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.436/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/436-1167352625fb397f1eb4756e78585a33.jpg?1591383006" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.1771/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1771-dab595041d411a633324dfd812d63fdc.jpg?1591383329" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.7224/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/7/7224-078debe31039e9adbaa4e7fc66a921a9.jpg?1591388967" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.8418/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8418-9a1c12c59afc1991d73b252c78d9ccd8.jpg?1591389275" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling-grave.16954/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/16/16954-db8a7576f48e0ff60a0e624fa55b6e60.jpg?1591399839" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.12204/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/12/12204-5e7695abf07202d9eabe85c2c7e54613.jpg?1591398541" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.13352/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/13/13352-196782d63fe3014bdd0fb1e53829b1e1.jpg?1591398859" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 29537, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Stirling [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Archibald David [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Lieutenant (A/Captain) + Lieutenant Colonel [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]L Detachment SAS (C.O.) + HQ SAS Brigade (2-in Command) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]72647 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Distinguished Service Order,Officer of the Order of the British Empire,Mention in Despatches (twice),etc [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]North Africa 1941 (DSO,MiD) NW Europe 1944-45 (foreign awards) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]parent unit 2 Bn Scots Guards[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 15.11.1915[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]resided Keir,Stirlingshire[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]brother William Joseph Stirling commanded 2 SAS 1943-44[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]8 Commando 1941 (Lt)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]L Detachment SAS (C.O.) 1941-42 (Lt - Cap)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]1 SAS (C.O.) 1942-43 (Maj - Lt-Col)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]POW 27.1.1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]liberated 1944[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]HQ SAS Brigade (2-in-Command) 1944-45 (Lt-Col)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]O.B.E. (London Gazette 14.2.1947[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]foreign awards[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Order of Orange Nassau,Officer (Holland)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Legion dHonneur,Officer (France)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died November 1990[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]St Cumin's Churchyard,Loch Morar[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]biographies:-[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]"The Phantom Major" V.Cowles (1958)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]"David Stirling" A.Hoe (1992) [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]IMAGES:[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.436/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/436-1167352625fb397f1eb4756e78585a33.jpg?1591383006[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.1771/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1771-dab595041d411a633324dfd812d63fdc.jpg?1591383329[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.7224/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/7/7224-078debe31039e9adbaa4e7fc66a921a9.jpg?1591388967[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.8418/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8418-9a1c12c59afc1991d73b252c78d9ccd8.jpg?1591389275[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling-grave.16954/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/16/16954-db8a7576f48e0ff60a0e624fa55b6e60.jpg?1591399839[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.12204/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/12/12204-5e7695abf07202d9eabe85c2c7e54613.jpg?1591398541[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-d-stirling.13352/"][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/13/13352-196782d63fe3014bdd0fb1e53829b1e1.jpg?1591398859[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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