David Stirling
Sign in to saveAlso known as Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling, Phantom Major, Sir Archibald David Stirling, Col. Sir [Archibald] David Stirling, Sir David Stirling
World War II British Army officer, and the founder of the Special Air Service (1915-1990)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
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- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of death
- Westminster
- Occupation
- mountaineer
- Educated at
- Trinity College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Sport
- mountaineering
- Conflict
- North African campaign
- Military branch
- British Army
- Military rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Image
- The Special Air Service (sas) in North Africa during the Second World War E21340.jpg
- Height
- 1.98
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- place of detention
- Oflag IV-C
- date of birth
- 1915-11-15
- date of death
- 1990-11-04
- Commons category
- David Stirling (military)
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Special Air Service
- nickname
- Phantom Major
- allegiance
- United Kingdom
- name in native language
- David Stirling
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- medical condition
- dyslexia
- end of work period
- 1965-00-00
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