David Sterling
- January 11, 2024
- Military Officer
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David Sterling Biography
| Birthday | Nov 15 |
| Birth Year | 1915 |
David Sterling is one of the most popular and richest Military Officer who was born on November 15, 1915 in Lecropt, Scotland.
Stirling was commissioned into the Scots Guards from Ampleforth College Contingent Officer Training Corps on 24 July 1937. In June 1940, he volunteered for the new No. 8 Commando under Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Laycock, which became part of Force Z (later named “Layforce”).
After a brief period of training, an initial attempt at attacking a German airfield by parachute landing on 16 November 1941 in support of Operation Crusader was disastrous. Of the original 55 men, some 34 were killed, wounded or captured far from the target after being blown off course or landing in the wrong area, during one of the biggest storms to hit the area. Escaping only with the help of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) who were designated to pick up the unit after the attack, Stirling agreed that approaching by land under the cover of night would be safer and more effective than parachuting. As quickly as possible he organised raids on ports using this simple method, often bluffing through checkpoints at night using the language skills of some of his soldiers.
David Sterling Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Military Officer |
| House | Living in own house. |
David Sterling is one of the richest Military Officer from Scotland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Sterling 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling, DSO, OBE (15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990) was a Scottish officer in the British Army, mountaineer, and the founder of the Special Air Service. He saw active service during the Second World War.
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Transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers in 1947, Stirling was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel, a rank he retained on his retirement in 1965. Stirling was the founder of the Capricorn Africa Society, a society for promoting an Africa free from racial discrimination. Founded in 1949, while Africa was still under colonial rule, it had its high point at the 1956 Salima Conference. However, because of his emphasis on a qualified and highly elitist voting franchise, similar to Disraeli’s “fancy franchises”, educated Africans were divided on it. Consequently, the society’s attempt to deal with the problem of different levels of social development in a non- racial way was ineffective, although it received a surprising validation when the South African Communist Party used Stirling’s multi-racial elitist model for its 1955 “Congress Alliance” when taking over the African National Congress of South Africa.
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Tony Ranked on the list of most popular Military Officer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Scotland. David Sterling celebrates birthday on November 15 of every year.
Watchguard International Ltd was a private military company, registered in Jersey in 1965 by Stirling and John Woodhouse. Woodhouse’s first assignment was to go to Yemen to report on the state of the royalist forces when a cease- fire was declared. At the same time Stirling was cultivating his contacts in the Iranian government and exploring the chances of obtaining work in Africa. The company operated in Zambia and in Sierra Leone, providing training teams and advising on security matters, but its founders’ maverick ways of doing business caused its eventual downfall. Woodhouse resigned as Director of Operations after a series of disagreements and Stirling ceased to take an active part in 1972.