Gavin Mortimer
Episode 177
AoH Book Club: Gavin Mortimer on The Phoney Major
AoH Book Club: Gavin Mortimer on The Phoney Major Gavin, The Phoney Major changed the conversation when it comes to the founding of the SAS in 1941. How was the book received? I believe it wasn’t very well received in some quarters; not because what I...
Roy Farran: Rogue Hero
Roy Farran: Rogue Hero Roy Farran was one of the outstanding British soldiers of the Second World War. He was awarded a Distinguished Service Order and three Military Crosses while serving with the Royal Armoured Corps and the Special Air Service but he never rose...
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SAS Debate: David Stirling - Founder or Phoney? With Gavin Mortimer & Tom Petch | RSS.com
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SAS Rogue Heroes with Gavin Mortimer | RSS.com
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Gavin Mortimer on David Stirling - The Phoney Major of the SAS in WW2 | RSS.com
Do the Greatest Deserve Their Sobriquet?
‘The average young man of today aged something under thirty, whether he be a social butterfly or a junior clerk, is a stupid, conceited creature,’ thundered the Daily Mirror in its editorial. ‘Few men are much good until they are thirty.’ Guidance from the Greatest...
The Poppy Industry Blooms
When England played Germany on 10th November, 2017 at Wembley, it seemed as though the football was incidental to the virtue signalling. Not only were the two teams sporting poppy armbands but there were poppies on sale, poppy T-shirts given away, poppy wreaths laid,...