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Neville Baker WKhM(G)
Just days short of his 95th birthday, Neville Baker died peacefully in Sussexdown Care Home on Thursday 11th July. He’d originally joined...
Jul 10, 2019


Lt Col Karl Saxon Beale
Karl Beale was born on 12 May 1929. Commissioned into the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 14 July 1949, he was awarded an MID in...
Apr 11, 2019


New Editor for the Journal
We are pleased to announce that Tim Jones has joined the committee as Editor of the SAF Journal. He will take over from Nigel Knocker wef...
Apr 8, 2019


Air Vice-Marshal Leslie Phipps
After a short illness, Les Phipps died peacefully on 3rd March. During a full RAF career, and with a background as a fighter pilot, he...
Mar 3, 2019


General Sir Charles Huxtable KCB CBE DL
Sir Charles Huxtable died on Monday morning 26 November 2018 following a relatively short illness. His death is announced in the Times...
Nov 26, 2018


David Duncan
Sadly, one of  3 (Heli) Squadron’s founding pilots, Dave Duncan, died this morning - 9 November 2018. Dave had been ill for some time...
Nov 9, 2018


Nick Moulton-Thomas
Nick Moulton-Thomas died on the morning of 29th October 2018 in al Nahdha Hospital, Oman. He was known to many in the Association and in...
Oct 29, 2018


Statue of Sergeant Talaiasi Labalaba Unveiled in Fiji
Sgt Labalaba, who was born in 1942 in Fiji, was recruited into the British army in 1961 and quickly made his way into the SAS. Known to...
Oct 24, 2018
Ted Carrington
Raaid Ted Carrington, who was OC HQ Sqn SOPR from 1983 to 1987 during David Baxter’s time in command, died on 23 September 2018 in...
Sep 22, 2018


Major Michael Hugh Myers MBE
Hugh was born in Beckenham, Kent on 18th February 1934. Â An only child, his parents had immigrated from Jamaica where the family business...
Jul 20, 2018


Al Cameron
Hugh Allan Leitch Cameron, better known as Al, was born on the 20th August 1945 near Edinburgh. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1960 as...
Jul 14, 2018


Major General Corran Purdon CBE MC CPM
Maj Gen Corran Purdon died peacefully during the early hours of Wednesday 27th June. Corran Purdon was Commander of the Sultan’s Armed...
Jun 26, 2018
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