Sas military ww2

Corporal John 'Jack' William Sillito, SAS 1942

The astonishing picture was only recently found by researchers features some of the regiment’s most famous members following Operation Squatter, the SAS’s disastrous first raid in Libya in 1941.

This trooper is seen in the early evening. He has put on his battledress jacket over his general issue shirt, but still wears shorts, rolled down socks and sandals.

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Lance Sergeant Lawrence Brownlee, 2 SAS. Awarded the MM(Military Medal) for his actions in Normandy, 1944. Parent unit:Army Air Corps, formerly Royal Artillery. Born in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland —survived WW2—died during the 1980's.

This SAS trooper wears battledress jacket and trousers as it can get very cold in the desert at night. He also wears a general issue shirt and ammunition boots, as well as a pair of goggles round his neck for protection against the sand. His traditional headdress is the shemagh, offers protection against the sun and can be drawn over the face in the event of a sandstorm.