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28-04-2004, 12:22 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Scotland
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 | Hello all My Great Uncle joe was in the first ever Regiment of the SAS He was captured when in italy and he escaped then recaptured then escaped  He was a great man and died about 4 years ago  I would always speak to him but never about the war to him as it made him 2 emotional. I was wondering if any 1 has any info about The SAS operations when in Italy/Italian occupation country. I will post a picture of his regiment back in the day and also a plate we were sent when he died from the Army. Theres only 200 of them in the world and is giving to all who served in the First regiment of the sas. I will try get some pictures up of them l8r tonigt  |
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03-05-2004, 12:40 AM
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| lol ye np sry if iam been a pain with posts like the above :| been stressed with exams and work at moment lool day off now and time to study :| anyway enough of ma life story lool i will post them in the morning along with pictures etc  |
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03-05-2004, 11:38 PM
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| ok here we go His Name was Sidney Joseph Swann. He enlisted at Bedford on the 5.2.1940 for Army Class D/E. Army Number was 2617954 He enlisted in the Commandos then the SAS He was in the Grenadier guards to start with and i have a photo of him on April 1940 with the rest of his Sqaud it was called Sgt. Green's Squad, Grenadier Guards, iam not totally sure when he enlisted into the commandos but iam 60 % sure it was in 1941 maybe 1940 thanks inadvance |
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04-05-2004, 06:50 PM
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| The detials are above i thought i would post some pictures of a Plate we were sent from the Army once his death. Only around 300 hundred were made   The date on the camera is wrong i took them 2 days ago |
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07-05-2004, 09:00 AM
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| As he was in the Guards originally, there is a good chance he then volunteered for No.8 Commando as these mainly comprised volunteers from the Guards. When they, as part of Layforce, were disbanded, a number joined David Stirling in his newly formed SAS. After Stirling was captured, the SAS became the SRS for operations in Italy (for a while) under Paddy Maine. Various info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Commandos No.9 |
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07-05-2004, 02:21 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Scotland
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| Thanks for you help m8 What you just said is excatly what he did he was at the jump when stirling broke his legs showing them how to parachute. Ive been getting lots of information from other sources also thank you for your input |
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