Stock Photography: Stirlingshire
Doune
*Page under construction*
I have amassed a large collection of Stock Photography images which previously could be accessed via a link to Photographers Direct.com. This was a well-established website with well over one million images on record, supplied by thousands of photographers worldwide. However, in early 2019 the site folded
without warning or explanation, I suspect as the result of a downturn in the Stock Photography market. As an alternative means of displaying my stock images, I am in the early stages of creating a series of thumbnail gallery pages featuring shots previously held by PD in addition to those included in the main posts. Due to the large number of JPEG files I have not attempted to re-keyword individual files as before but have grouped them under general headings so that they can be accessed via a general search. Larger categories will be sub-divided and some subjects may be duplicated on one or more pages.
without warning or explanation, I suspect as the result of a downturn in the Stock Photography market. As an alternative means of displaying my stock images, I am in the early stages of creating a series of thumbnail gallery pages featuring shots previously held by PD in addition to those included in the main posts. Due to the large number of JPEG files I have not attempted to re-keyword individual files as before but have grouped them under general headings so that they can be accessed via a general search. Larger categories will be sub-divided and some subjects may be duplicated on one or more pages.
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This statue of Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling, DSO, OBE, (15.11.1915 – 04.11.1990) stands near his place of birth outside Doune in rural Perthshire.
Son of a Brigadier General, Stirling was a tall athletic figure, extremely fit and always up for a challenge. He was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1937 and when war broke out he was training to climb Mount Everest. He joined an early Commando Unit in 1940 and immediately realised the potential of a small, well organised, hard-hitting force operating behind enemy lines. |
Despite initial setbacks the SAS (Special Air Service) went on to achieve many successes in the North African desert, often using specially adapted Jeeps of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) to assault enemy airfields and shoot up parked aircraft rather than physically attaching bombs to each one. In January 1943 Stirling was captured by the Germans but soon escaped. He was then re-captured by the Italians, who passed him back to the Germans but he escaped a further four times before being transferred to Colditz Castle where he saw out the rest of the war. The memorial to Stirling was unveiled in 2002.
