This list includes notable individuals who served in the Special Air Service (SAS) –.Michael Asher – author, historian and desert explorer Sir Peter de la Billière – Commander-in-Chief British Forces in the Gulf War Julian Brazier TD – MP for Canterbury Charles "Nish" Bruce QGM – freefall expert Charles R. Burton – explorer Sir Mark Carleton-Smith – Chief of the General Staff (2018–2022) Frank Collins – first soldier to enter the building in the Iranian Embassy Siege Tim Collins – author James Condon – Indo-Malayan campaign casualty Jeffrey Cook – Director for Security Liaison in the Royal Household Cedric Delves – Lieutenant General Arthur Denaro – Major General Nick Downie – TV war correspondent Tim Evans – Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (2013–2016) David Eyton-Jones Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE – adventurer John Paul Foley – former director of intelligence Terry Forrestal – stuntman Taff Groves – key rescuer, Westgate shopping mall attack Bear Grylls – television host, and the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest Gavin Hamilton MC Jon Hollingsworth CGC QGM Talaiasi 'Laba' Labalaba – BEM, MID, Battle of Mirbat participant Michael Patrick 'Bronco' Lane MM BEM – author and mountaineer Lofty Large – author Jock Lewes – co-founder of the regiment Arthur Denaro Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton MVO MBE – Private Secretary to Prince William and Prince Harry Simon Mann – mercenary, Equatorial Guinea Paddy Mayne, DSO – British and Irish Lions rugby union player Fitzroy Maclean – MP for Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Lancaster John McAleese – first man on the balcony during the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980 caught on live news. Team member for the BBC Television series SAS Survival Secrets Peter McAleese – former mercenary and author Andy McNab DCM MM – author Des Peter Middleton, A Squadron,1st SAS Danny Nightingale Peter Oldfield – cricketer Bob Parr MBE PhD AKC FRGS – Emmy Award-winning TV producer, academic and author Lewis Pugh OIG – environmental campaigner and swimmer Peter Ratcliffe DCM MID – author Ronald Reid-Daly – Selous Scouts founder John Ridgway – record-breaking sailor Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond – Former MP Chris Ryan MM – author Bill Kennedy Shaw – intelligence officer with the SAS during World War II Oliver Shepard – Explorer Al Slater MM John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim Phil Stant – professional footballer David Stirling OBE DSO – Founder of the Regiment Tip Tipping – Stuntman Richard Tomlinson – Secret Intelligence Service Steve Truglia – stuntman Sir Roland Walker – Chief of the General Staff John "Lofty" Wiseman Johnny Wiseman MC (WWII) John Woodhouse, commander and founder of the SAS's modern selection system