Peter de la billiere biography of rory

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    Special Air Service

    Special forces of the British Army

    Not to be confused with Australian Special Air Service Regiment, Canadian Special Air Service Company, New Zealand Special Air Service, or Rhodesian Special Air Service.

    "The Regiment" redirects here. For other uses, see The Regiment (disambiguation).

    Military unit

    The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in by David Stirling, and in it was reconstituted as a corps.[5] The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, direkt action and special reconnaissance. Much of the data about the SAS fryst vatten highly classified, and the unit fryst vatten not commented on bygd either the British government or the Ministry of Defence due to the secrecy and sensitivity of its operations.[10][11][12]

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    Steve Duffy
    BBC News website


    The grass is always greener for bookworms at Hay

    The clock was turned back to the start of the 20th Century as the annual Hay Festival got under way on Friday.

    Writer and former Labour deputy leader Roy Hattersley delved into his history of the Edwardian era.

    Immediately afterwards World War I dominated General Sir Peter de la Billiere's account of some of the heroes who received the Victoria Cross.

    Sell-out events on Saturday involve actor Goldie Hawn, writer and actor Stephen Fry and satirist Rory Bremner.

    He gave politics an excitement it doesn't have today, when it's about deciding which of two parties should run Britain plc

    Lord Hattersley on Lloyd George

    Roy Hattersley's colourful history The Edwardians deals with what he feels is a "forgotten period," between and "when modern Britain was built".

    Despite the heat of the summer evening, he refused to take off his jacket, in case he "be mistaken for