THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES MEMORIAL GROVE IS SITUATED WITHIN THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM BY THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TAME
THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES ROLL OF HONOUR

22nd. Special Air Service Regiment 1978 to 1981

We are intending to list all Allied Special Forces casualties from the 2nd. World War and in the conflicts since. If you wish to add to this detail please contact us! Certain information may be under review and this is noted under the name. This list is not complete and some inaccuracies may occur whilst we are receiving information from many sources.

NADEN Staff Sergeant David John 23944879 13th. June 1978 Age 31
22nd. Special Air Service Regiment
Northern Ireland
St. Martins Churchyard , Hereford - SAS Regimental Plot - Row 1
BENSON Corporal Frank Miles 23716825 4th. August 1978 Age 33
22nd. Special Air Service Regiment
France
St. Martins Churchyard , Hereford - SAS Regimental Plot - Row 1
JOHNSON Sergeant Stephen Howard 240066358 4th. August 1978 Age 28
22nd. Special Air Service Regiment
France
St. Martins Churchyard, Hereford - SAS Regimental Plot - Row 1
KEALY Major M.J.A. - 1979 Age -
22nd. Special Air Service Regiment
United Kingdom

Major Kealy died tragically during training in the Brecons Beacons National Park. As a young officer 7 years previously he and a handful of SAS soldiers successfully defended the Town of Mirbat in Dhofar, Oman from an attack by over 400 communist insurgents. This repulse ensured that the enemy force never mounted another operation of its kind in Dhofar again and was instrumental in the defeat of communism in the region. The war was all but over by 1976. This brave soldier had proved himself in the field of battle as a strong leader of men.

WESTMACOTT Captain H.R. - 1980 Age -
22nd. Special Air Service Regiment
Northern Ireland
BALL
MC & MBE 		Lt. Col Julian Anthony 489891 2nd. May 1981 Age 37
Kings Own Scottish Borderers, 22nd. Special Air Service Regiment
& Commanding Officer - Sultans Special Force, Oman
Oman - Dhofar
St. Martins Churchyard , Hereford - SAS Regimental Plot - Row 1

Lt. Col. Tony Ball was killed when the Range Rover he was travelling in burst a tyre on the road from Zeek to Thumrait which is just north of the Jebel in Dhofar Oman. Tony had only just taken over as C.O. of the Sultans Special Force and was in the vehicle with Andrew Nightingale who also sadly lost his life in the accident. A great sadness decended on all the Special Forces personnel at Zeek which included many ex soldiers from the Special Air Service Regiment.

I had the honour of being a member of the bearer party from Zeek to Salalah and carried the coffin draped in the Union Flag to the aircraft to return his body to Hereford.

(Mike Colton - Secretary - The Allied Special Forces Association)

BARKER Staff Sergeant Leslie R 23938378 21th. November 1981 Age 34
22nd. Special Air Service Regiment
Oman
St. Martins Churchyard , Hereford - SAS Regimental Plot - Row 1