British commanders turned to their special-operations forces and the Special Air Service (SAS ... but eventually we received more protective gear, including Gore-Tex clothing" provided by the ...

In spite of Special Forces missions re- quiring the kind of extraordinary bravery for which the VC was created, the medal has never been awarded to a British member of the SAS. Anders Lassen did ...

A member of the British Army's elite Special Air Service who died alongside a U.S. special operator during a counter-ISIS operation in Syria last year was killed by "the accidental detonation of ...

Play the animation to operate the winding gear that moved them. In deep mines, the winding gear was used to bring the coal to the surface, as well as to allow men to reach the pit face.

BBC Panorama can reveal that Gen Gwyn Jenkins, who is now the second most senior officer in the British armed forces, received accounts of conversations in which members of the SAS described ...

Illustrated with pictures of putty-coloured chalets on a sun-drenched beach, a smiling couple in scuba gear, and varieties ... a group of British SAS soldiers, foreign diplomats from Khartoum ...

After the death of his wife, local newspaper writer Tony (Ricky Gervais) gets stuck on the second stage of grief: anger. With nothing left to live for, he decides to fill the lives of everyone ...

An SAS hero stormed into a hotel in Kenya alongside ... The attack killed 14, including one British man and an American woman, while another Brit is amongst the wounded. The soldier is said ...

Video: 'The Beast' heads to auction: The British-built classic car famed for ... litre aircraft engine that made an appearance on Top Gear in 1998.

YouTuber and car-fan extraordinaire Shmee probably had very little trouble tracking down the Top Gear film crew recently ... flag-waving (literally) Best of British theme, the TG guys gathered ...

In October 2009, SSG commandos stormed an office building and rescued 39 people taken hostage by suspected Taliban militants after an attack on the army's headquarters. 8. Spain's Unidad de ...