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Tom Petch
The Reel War: Military History & Film
How many times have you watched a war film and despaired of its accuracy?
The Reel War: Military History & Film War Films provide drama, tension and horror in the right quantities to keep audiences in their seats. Having been in both the military and the film industry I’ve seen first-hand the pressure on a film’s historical accuracy of...
Episode 122
SAS Debate: David Stirling - Founder or Phoney? With Gavin Mortimer & Tom Petch | RSS.com
Tempest, by James Davey
This new history of the Royal Navy is vital in that it provides insight into the third dimension of warfare
James Davey’s fascinating Tempest is set against the backdrop of Britain’s naval war against Revolutionary France of 1793-1801. In the Age of Revolution, it did not escape those below decks that while their enemy espoused liberty and equality their own condition...
Episode 74
SAS Origins with Tom Petch | RSS.com
Tom Petch
The author of a new history of the SAS discusses history, his inspiration and his
Tom Petch, congratulations on the new book. Why write about the SAS? The story of the origins of the SAS in the Second World War interested me because I knew there was more to the story than David Stirling’s account of his pitch to GHQ Cairo in 1941. I’d been a junior...
Tom Petch
Tom Petch is a Writer and Director. Tom served for eight years in the British Army, as a tank commander, adjutant, aide de camp and Troop Commander of 22 SAS. His military experience gives him a unique perspective on recently declassified archives, operation reports, accounts and interviews of the original SAS and their commanders. He is now an award-winning film director and producer whose debut film, The Patrol, won the Raindance Film Festival. He is also the great-great-grandson of Samuel Shepheard, who founded Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo where the SAS was born.
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