chancel, manchester, United Kingdom, 1 month ago Go down to any pub in Hereford on any Saturday night and you will meet literally 100s of SAS soldiers, I met a guy who told me and my mates he was home on leave from Afghanistan, we didn't have the heart to tell him one of us had seen him in Asda on the bakery counter.
On his fourth tour Captain Nairac was a Liaison Officer at Headquarters 3 Infantry Brigade. His task was connected with surveillance operations. On the night of 14/15 May 1977 Captain Nairac was abducted from a village in South Armagh by at least seven men. Despite his fierce resistance he was overpowered and taken across the border into the nearby Republic of Ireland where he was subjected to a succession of exceptionally savage assaults in an attempt to extract information which would have put other lives and future operations at serious risk. These efforts to break Captain Nairac's will failed entirely. Weakened as he was in strength - though not in spirit - by the brutality, he yet made repeated and spirited attempts to escape, but on each occasion was eventually overpowered by the weight of the numbers against him. After several hours in the hands of his captors Captain Nairac was callously murdered by a gunman of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who had been summoned to the scene. His assassin subsequently said 'He never told us anything'. Captain Nairac's exceptional courage and acts of the greatest heroism in circumstances of extreme peril showed devotion to duty and personal courage second to none. Stirring stuff.
That's as maybe but he never begged for his life or worse, squealed. He knew he was a dead man and but still refused to talk, that takes a special kind of bravery. Incredible really, especially when one of his captors pretended to be an RC Priest to get a confession out of him. Pretty low but I suppose that's to be expected.
Yeah pretty low. We could be here all night. Was a brave man. I meant his stupidity going were he wanted to.
He's good mate, cheers. Wants to stick his fingers into power sockets etc and I still get **** all sleep
