Anafi over Monument to Sir David Stirling the founder of the SAS
Monument to Sir David Stirling the founder of the SAS, situated near Keir House, his ancestral home. Memorial statue of David Stirling, founder of the Special Air Squadron (SAS), Doune, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
David Stirling Memorial
The David Stirling Memorial stands in the countryside, near Doune. David Stirling was an officer in the British army, and was a founder of the Special Air Service (SAS). I had been driving home from Doune, when I came across the memorial, and I decided to visit it, while I was there.
(Official) SAS Regimental Association David Stirling Memorial Film
This is a short film to show viewers what it is like to visit the David Stirling Memorial in Stirling, Scotland.
To celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the formation of the Regiment new plaques were added listing the WW2 casualties.
The SAS regimental Association is at marsandminerva.co.uk
The music is Stirling of Kier.
Video production by v102.net
David Stirling Memorial Statue Hill of Row Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the David Stirling Memorial Statue at Hill of Row. The memorial is to Lieutenant Colonel Sir David Stirling OBE DSO, also known as the Phantom Major, who founded the Special Air Service at the height of WWII. Field Marshall Montgomery, who commanded the Allied forces in North Africa at the time, said, The boy Stirling is quite mad, quite, quite mad. However, in a war there is often a place for mad people. In 1943, Stirling was captured by the Germans, then escaped, but was captured by the Italians and became a prisoner of war. Hitler had ordered that all members of the SAS and other special forces should be executed but to his credit Field Marshall Rommel was the only German commander to ignore the order. During his time as a POW, he escaped four times and was eventually sent to the famous Colditz Castle where he remained for the rest of the war. In the meantime, his brother had taken over as commander of an SAS Brigade. The SAS expanded and became involved in escapades in many parts of Europe. The principles established led to the creation of the crack SAS Regiment which today forms the UK's premier special forces unit. David Stirling was awarded the OBE and DSO for his actions in war and was knighted in 1990 but died a few months later. The B824, from Doune to Junction 11 on the M9 motorway runs past it, and as a result it is easy to find and visit
David Stirling Memorial -- Founder Of The S.A.S. (Please Read Info)
Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling DSO OBE (15 November, 1915 - 4 November, 1990) was a Scottish laird, mountaineer, World War II British Army officer, and the founder of the Special Air Service.
Stirling was born at his family's ancestral home, Keir House in the parish of Lecropt in Perthshire (near Stirling). He was the son of Brigadier General Archibald Stirling of Keir and Margaret Fraser, daughter of Simon Fraser, the Lord Lovat (a descendant from King Charles II of Great Britain). His cousin was Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat. He was educated at Ampleforth College and Trinity College, Cambridge. A tall and athletic figure (he was 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m)] tall), he was training to climb Mount Everest when World War II broke out.
In 1941 Lieutenant David Stirling and Lieutenant Jock Lewis gathered a small unit of 66 volunteers. This unit was named the L. Detachment of the Special Air Service Brigade. The main objective of this group was to conduct raids against the lines of communication of Axis forces in the Western Dessert.
They hoped insert their raiding parties by parachute. However the first attempt ended in disaster do to poor weather conditions. Although many troops were lost, they continued their raids and by using vehicles that were driven across the dessert to enter behind enemy lines.
Lewis was killed in an early operation, but under Stirling's Leadership, the SAS Regiment was very successful during the remaining 18 months of the campaign. They were responsible for the destruction of several hundred enemy aircraft on the ground and large quantities of war material. In addition, they were responsible for frequent disruption to the infrastructure and communications targets.
David Sterling was captured in January 1943 and his command ultimately passed to Major Blair 'Paddy' Mayne. Sterling was eventually sent to the notorious POW camp at Colditz Castle.
The 2nd SAS Regiment was raised and commanded by William Stirling, David's brother. The 2nd regiment was responsible for the Operation Torch landings in Algeria.
The memorial to Sir David Stirling is on a hill looking north towards the hills and mountains of Perthshire
How to Get There
The memorial statue is beside the B824 road between the M9/A9 the main road north from Stirling and Doune.
Commando statue, Sir David Stirling Monument. 4K
Commando statue Spean Bridge and Sir David Stirling Memorial, Doune. If you like please subscribe
David Stirling, SAS Memorial
Sir David Stirling, Founder of the Special Air Service (SAS)
`UPHOLDING THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE`
David stirling memorial and dedication
Stirling protestant boys @ David Stirling monument in Doune.01/06/2013
David Stirling, a Natural Leader
From SAS: Rogue Heroes, The Authorised Wartime History
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Sunset on Sterling
Memorial statue of Colonel Sir David Sterling, founder of the SAS located outside Doune and Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland.
HENRY STUART, LORD DARNLEY - WikiVidi Documentary
Henry Stuart , Duke of Albany , styled as Lord Darnley until 1565, was king consort of Scotland from 1565 until his murder at Kirk o' Field in 1567. Many contemporary narratives describing his life and death refer to him as Lord Darnley, his title as heir apparent to the Earldom of Lennox, and it is by this appellation that he is now generally known. He was the second, but eldest surviving son of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, and his wife, Lady Margaret Douglas. Darnley's maternal grandparents were Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret, daughter of Henry VII of England and widow of James IV of Scotland. He was a first cousin and the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and was the father of her son James VI of Scotland, who succeeded Elizabeth I of England as James I....
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Edzell Castle in Angus The birthplace of Scotland
The magnificent Edzell Castle, is a ruined 16th-century castle, with an early-17th-century walled garden. It is located close to Edzell itself, and is around 5 miles (8 km) north of Brechin, in Angus, Scotland. Edzell Castle was begun around 1520 by David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford, and expanded by his son, Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell, who also laid out the garden in 1604. The castle saw little military action, and was, in its design, construction and use, more of a country house than a defensive structure. It was briefly occupied by English troops during Oliver Cromwell's invasion of Scotland in 1651. In 1715 it was sold by the Lindsay family, and eventually came into the ownership of the Earl of Dalhousie. It was given into state care in the 1930s, and is now a visitor attraction run by Historic Scotland (open all year; entrance charge). The castle consists of the original tower house and building ranges around a courtyard. The adjacent Renaissance walled garden, incorporating intricate relief carvings, is unique in Scotland. It was replanted in the 1930s, and is considered to have links to esoteric traditions, including Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.
ROB ROY WAY - Part Three.
The introductory sequence contains summit views of Ben Ledi, Ben Vane and Ben Shian all above the Way (see other videos) on this our Day 3 - and the sculptures are located in Strathyre schoolyard.
Day 3 on the 79-mile ROB ROY WAY is the relatively short 9-mile walk from Callander to the bonnie village of Strathyre, 7.5 miles of which are along Cycle Route 7 through oak woodlands but initially alongside the River Garbh Uisge that culminates in the Falls of Leny. The river, located north west of Callander, is a short river of approximately 7 km and is the outflow of Loch Lubnaig and joins with Eas Gobhain west of Callander to form the River Teith. The river appropriately named Rough Water in the Gaelic, is more often than not mistakenly or informally referred to as the 'River Leny' due to the aforesaid Falls where it crosses the Highland Boundary Fault - but basically because it flows through the Pass of Leny.
Beyond the Corriechrombie bridge over the aforementioned River Teith, the RRW then passes the new Forestry path up to the 2883ft (879m) 'Hill of the Gods' Corbett, Ben Ledi then continues towards Stank and the Forest Enterprise holiday cabins, beneath Ardnandave Hill (possibly the only peak anywhere in the world to feature a member of Slade!) then continues alongside the tranquil Loch Lubnaig currently referred to in tourist literature as the Loch with a bend although crooked is the Gaelic translation. This comparatively small loch on the RRW, situated near Callander in the former county of Perthshire but now part of the Stirling Council area, is around 5km long, and has depths of up to 44.5metres. The loch itself nestles between the ridge of the 'White Peak' Ben Vane (see other video) and Ben Ledi (see other video) while on the other side lie the Graham Sgiath a'Chaise, the Corbett Beinn Each and the Munros Stuc a'Chroin behind which lies Ben Vorlich.
Fed by the River Balvaig (more of which on Day 4) from the north and drained by the River Leny (River Garbh Uisge) to the south, the loch offers fishing from the shore and is also popular with canoeists as canoes can be rented at the north end. On the west shore of the loch, the RRW is now on the route of the former Callander and Oban Railway formed in 1864 with the objective of linking Callander to the west coast port of Oban over challenging terrain; although Callander itself had been reached in 1858 by the Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway. It wasnt only Rob Roy however who made this area famous as Sir Walter Scott summoned the tourists with his literature: - Ben Ledi saw the Cross of Fire, It glanced like lightning up Strath-Ire.
The RRW arrives at a suspension bridge over the River Balvag [Balvaig] that flows between Loch Voil in Balquhidder and Loch Lubnaig, beyond which is located the Dun Lubnaig Broch Project, beneath Strathyre's Beinn an t-Sidhein (Ben Shian) Gaelic for 'Mountain of the Fairies' or 'Fairy hillocks!! The section of the broch (an Iron Age dry stone round tower unique to Scotland which first appeared around 500 BC) built in 2004, required 60 tons of stone with 20 people working for 5 days to build it to a height of around 2 metres. It would have required 20 people to work for a year with 2500 tons of stone in order to complete it! The Dry Stone Walling Association of Britain constructed this feature between 2004-2007 to represent how people lived approximately 4000 years ago. The word Broch comes from the Norse word Borg meaning castle or stronghold. The RRW heads towards the village in which both St Columba and St Cuthbert stayed in during their journeys around Scotland, as did the Wordsworths much later. The village was the birthplace of the perhaps not so familiar Gaelic poet Dugald Buchanan [1716 to 1788]. The Buchanan Monument, erected in 1883, overlooks Ben Shian.
Strathyre means sheltered valley or the Gaelic translation broad winding valley and is a place where wildlife enthusiasts may spot deer, osprey and eagles. Drovers arrived at the village with their herds of black Highland cattle en route to market, by armies of various allegiances moving north or south, or by fugitives like the fictional David Balfour and Alan Breck who came this way in 1751 in the classic novel 'Kidnapped' by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Wordsworths travelled on foot over the hills to Loch Voil and Strathyre, their journey recorded in Dorothy's 'Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland'.
- There's meadows in Lanark and mountains in Skye, - And pastures in Hielands and Lowlands forbye;
- But there's nae greater luck that the heart could desire - Than to herd the fine cattle in bonnie Strathyre.
- - from Bonnie Strathyre (Sir Harold Boulton).
The warm Ben Shean Hotel, formerly a Victorian Inn that became a Hotel in 1870, is one of three local-establishments and was our destination on this trip. A great place to stay and theres some great old photographs at reception. - [April 2009].