Operation FLAVIUS: “The day the SAS went to Gibraltar”
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- History
- Updated:
- 27th July 2025
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- Gibraltar | Flavius | Special Air Service | Ira
This talk looks at the SAS operation on Gibraltar in March 1988 where three IRA terrorists were shot in broad daylight one Sunday afternoon - I cover the build up and context to the operation, the main actors, what actually happened on the day, the subsequent inquest and other court proceedings and the sad, unintended consequences felt in Northern Ireland.
The talk is accompanied by PowerPoint slides.
Views: 14 | Enquiries: 0About Rupert Hague-Holmes
Born into a military family, Rupert has had a life long passion for military history. He is a regular speaker at London clubs, military history festivals and societies, including the Chalke Valley History Festival, and U3A groups. He speaks on a diverse range of military history topics, mainly on post WW2 conflicts involving the British Army. All of my talks are illustrated by slides.
With a degree in Law & Politics from Durham University, Rupert qualified as a lawyer and spent over thirty years working in London, the Midlands and the Channel Islands in law firms and the financial services industry.
Now semi-retired, and living in Jersey, Channel Islands, Rupert’s first book “The Soldiers General: The biography of Lieutenant General Sir George Lea” was published by Barnthorn Publishing In March 2025.
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