Mike Sadler: The Last SAS Soldier

Mike Sadler: The Last SAS Soldier

In this episode, we remember Mike Sadler the last of the original SAS men who recently died at the age of 103. Major Sadler was the navigator for the regiment’s founder David Stirling, guiding raiding columns for hundreds of miles behind enemy lines in North Africa.


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