Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War (18 page)

Reg Seekings

Pat Riley

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Jock Lewes with Bren gun at Sandown Racecourse, painted by Rex Whistler, 1940.

David Stirling and Jock Lewes preparing a desert raid.

Paddy Mayne driving with Withers, the dog adopted by the SAS.

Mayne recuperating from injuries sustained during an airfield attack.

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General Bernard Montgomery in the North African desert.

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General Erwin Rommel, commander of the Afrika Korps, in Benghazi.

The Blitz Buggy. Left to right: Seekings, Johnny Rose, Stirling, Cooper.

Seekings (center) and Cooper (right), with others of L Detachment SAS.

The back of the previous photograph, inscribed: “The two lads who have put their signatures [initials] on here have just been awarded the M.M. [Military Medal] for the job before the last one and believe me they earned it. Egypt 1942.”

Christmas Night 1942, around the desert campfire.

A group returning from a raid displaying two dead gazelles, shot for Christmas dinner.