![]() ![]() The 800-page roll of honour for the SAS and its forerunner, the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), contains the stories of 374 men who died during the conflict. Men of the Long Range Desert Group returning from a 3-month trip behind enemy lines during war in North Africa Men of the SAS, returning from a 3-month trip behind enemy lines during war in North Africa CREDIT: HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGESĪ wealth of detail of the early days of the Special Air Service (SAS) has been disclosed in a recently completed 13-year-project to commemorate every member of the regiment killed in the Second World War. This extraordinary historical document has been discovered as part of research which has also determined the founding date of the secretive unit as Aug– 75 years ago today. The newly-discovered photograph from 1941 is the only known picture of the elite unit’s first ever raid, carried out by founder members known as the Originals. CREDIT: THE FAMILY OF THE LATE LT-COL ‘JAKE’ EASONSMITH The photograph was discovered as part of a 13-year-project to find details of WW2 SAS casualties. Hours earlier, an abortive raid had seen more than half their comrades either killed or captured, but the men of the soon-to-be-famous force still manage to raise a grin. Exhausted and filthy, the soldiers of the newly-formed SAS stand side-by-side in the desert. ![]()
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