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American commanders, who are keen to keep using them on operations for as long as possible'. In 2007-8 a squadron-sized sub-unit was deployed first from 23 and then from 21 SAS to
Helmand for roles including training the Afghan Police and working with the intelligence services. In 2008, members of 21 SAS were sent to
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Raised in London in 1859 as a volunteer light infantry unit, the regiment saw active service during the Second Boer War and the First World War, earning a number of battle honours. During the Second World War, it was used as an officer training unit. The regiment was disbanded in 1945, but in 1947 it
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Corps Patrol Unit. In the case of an invasion, this
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in profile. Until 1914 the regimental full dress uniform was light grey with white facings, silver buttons and braid. This distinctive uniform dated from the regiment's foundation as a volunteer unit. After the First World War, standard khaki was the normal dress.
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to assist the Afghan police, arriving just in time to see the police flee due to
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1743:. Tunbridge Wells: Spellmount.
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477:History as 21 SAS(R)
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720:Edward Noel Mellish
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