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Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph "Bill" Stirling of Keir (9 May 1911 – 1983) was a Scottish officer of the British Army who served during the Second World War. Initially joining the Special Operations Executive, he would go on to command No. 62 Commando and then the 2nd Special Air Service (2SAS). He was the elder brother of David Stirling, one of the founders of the SAS, but Bill has been described as the "real brains behind the operation".

References

  1. Mortimer, Gavin (2023). 2SAS: Bill Stirling and the forgotten special forces unit of World War II. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1472856739.
  2. "2SAS". The Guardian Bookshop. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  3. Zulueta, Paul de (10 October 2023). "Bill Stirling – the brains behind the wartime SAS". The Spectator. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
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