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Tommy Turtle (left) with Geminis. Thomas James Turtle BEM (24 December 1950 – 29 December 2020), known as Touché or Tommy Turtle, was a British Army soldier originally from Ireland who took part in many special forces campaigns, including the Falklands War and the Bosnian War.
John McAleese – first man on the balcony during the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980 caught on live news. Team member for the BBC Television series SAS Survival Secrets; Peter McAleese – former mercenary and author; Andy McNab DCM MM – author; Des Peter Middleton, A Squadron,1st SAS; Danny Nightingale; Peter Oldfield – cricketer
Donald "Lofty" Large (27 September 1930 – 22 October 2006) [2] [3] was a British soldier and author.. Having joined the Army as a boy, Large fought in the Korean War and was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Imjin.
Willis Michael Sadler MC MM (22 February 1920 – 4 January 2024) was a British Army officer. He was the last original member of the Special Air Service and one of the last survivors of the Long Range Desert Group (survived by Jack Mann who also served in the LRDG).
Died: 19 August 1998 (aged 55) Hereford, England: Allegiance: United Kingdom: Service / branch: British Army: Years of service: 1964–1993: Rank: Brigadier: Service number: 475200: Unit: Royal Army Service Corps Royal Corps of Transport Special Air Service: Commands: 22 SAS Regiment: Battles / wars
The expedition succeeded in putting Lane and fellow SAS colleague Brummie Stokes on the summit on 16 May. [3] After summiting Lane and Stokes were caught by bad weather and were forced to abandon their descent. The pair bivouacked in a snow hole near the South Summit for the night. [4] Stokes tried and failed to attach an oxygen bottle to his ...
Peter McAleese (7 September 1942 – 18 March 2024) was a Scottish soldier and mercenary. McAleese served in the British Army's Parachute Regiment and Special Air Service (SAS), the Rhodesian Special Air Service and British South Africa Police, and South Africa's 44 Parachute Brigade. As a mercenary or contractor, he worked in countries ...
The Special Air Service was a unit of the British Army during the Second World War that was formed in July 1941 by David Stirling and originally called "L" Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade – the "L" designation and Air Service name being a tie-in to a British disinformation campaign, trying to deceive the Axis into thinking there was a ...