Military Heroes – Scot’s Guard

Jimmy Storie

“Jimmy Storie was the last surviving member of “The Originals”, the handful of men with David Stirling at the birth of the SAS, and who survived the first disastrous SAS operation.

“In late 1941, in the desert war of North Africa, Storie was one of 65 men and officers recruited by David Stirling for his infant Special Air Service. The first operation, on the night of November 17/18 1941 was revolutionary – parachute behind the lines in small groups, take out the enemy aircraft that threatened an Allied push, then make their way back across the desert to a rendezvous with the Long Range Desert Group.”

The legendary last surviving founding member of SAS ‘Originals’ died on January 8, 2012 at age 92.

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Courtesy of MailOnline.com.