David Stirling
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 33 years ago |
Date of birth | November 15,1915 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Bridge Of Allan |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | November 4,1990 |
Died | Westminster |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Years of service | 1937-1947 |
Parents | Margaret Fraser |
Archibald Stirling | |
Awards | Knight Bachelor |
Distinguished Service Order | |
Order of the British Empire | |
Mentioned in dispatches | |
Siblings | William Stirling |
Ludovic Stirling | |
Place of burial | Our Lady of Perpetual Succour & St Cumin's RC Church, United Kingdom |
Command held | Special Air Service |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 406433 |
David Stirling Life story
Sir Archibald David Stirling DSO OBE was a Scottish Officer in the British Army, a mountaineer, and the founder and creator of the Special Air Service. He saw active service during the Second World War until he was captured and spent the rest of the war in captivity as a prisoner of war.