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5th Dec 2011, 03:10

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Jamieone

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Colonel Sir David Stirling

After coming across the aforementioned's wikipedia entry I was surprised to find that, according to the site, he had been awarded the DFC.

After a (cursory) google search I can't seem to find the citation for the award or any other explanation - does anyone have any ideas as to its origin?

5th Dec 2011, 04:19

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Don't know if it helps, but ISTR that the "rules" for DFCs and AFCs allow their award for parachuting related incidents/ endeavour.

Sorry I can't be more specific as I'm away from access to reference books at present.

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I have looked and cannot find any detail on his DFC..

DSO yes, but not DFC. Perhaps a typo??

See this link Archibald David Stirling - SAS - Special Forces - Roll Of Honour

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Interesting - thanks both.

If it is a typo it seems to have made its way into many of the search engine results I've seen. The power of wikipedia I suppose.