Machine gunner scans to his front at dawn. Courtesy B.M. Niven

Units Represented

Wartime

  • ‘L’ Detachment SAS Brigade
  • 1st Special Air Service Regiment
  • Special Raiding Squadron
  • Special Boat Service (Wartime)
  • 2nd Special Air Service Regiment
  • 3rd Special Air Service Regiment (les Parachutistes de la France Libre)
  • 4th Special Air Service Regiment (les Parachutistes de la France Libre)
  • Phantom Signal Squadron
  • Raiding Support Regiment
  • Long Range Desert Group
  • Greek Sacred Squadron
    The Belgian Special Air Service Regiment (5th SAS) (Belgian Independent Parachute Company) – The Belgian SAS Veterans is their Association with which the SAS Regimental Association has strong links. Many Belgians who served in 5th SAS also belong to the SAS Regimental Association.

Post war

  • 21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserves)
  • 22nd Special Air Service Regiment
  • 23rd Special Air Service Regiment (Reserves)
  • Special Reconnaissance Regiment (formerly SRU)
  • 264 (SAS) Signal Squadron (now part of 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment)
  • 63 (SAS) Signal Squadron (now part of 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment
  • 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment

Associated Units

  • ‘C’ Squadron, Rhodesian Special Air Service
  • Special Air Service Regiment, Royal Australian Army
  • New Zealand Special Air Service Squadron

David Stirling founder of the SAS

Belgian SAS

SAS ‘Gympy’ machine gunner. Courtesy of B.M. Niven