Editing David Stirling (section)

== Honours ==
[[File:Wfm david stirling statue.jpg|thumbnail|Statue of David Stirling by [[Angela Conner]] near [[Doune]], Scotland]]
Stirling was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the Middle East on 24 February 1942,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35465 |date=20 February 1942 |page=893 |supp=y}}</ref> appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field on 14 November 1946<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37787 |date=12 November 1946 |page=5605 |supp=y}}</ref> and appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[1990 New Year Honours]] for services to the military.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51981 |date=30 December 1989 |page=2 |supp=y}}</ref>

in 1984 the new base of the SAS was renamed [[Stirling Lines]] (from Bradbury Lines) in his honour.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goodwin|first=Nicola|title=SAS: Troopers tell their stories|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/herefordandworcester/low/people_and_places/history/newsid_8638000/8638149.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=6 May 2010|access-date=23 June 2017}}</ref>

In 2002 the SAS memorial, a statue of Stirling standing on a rock, was unveiled on the [[Hill of Row]] near his family's estate at Park of Keir. Two bronze plaques were stolen from the statue sometime around the end of May 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Police probe after plaques stolen from SAS memorial |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-27716544 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=5 June 2014 |access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref> The current Laird of the Keir estate is his nephew [[Archie Stirling]], a millionaire businessman and former Scots Guards officer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hattersley |first1=Giles |title=Playboy trying to keep the kingdom united |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/playboy-trying-to-keep-the-kingdom-united-ldxdtv8gbhc |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=The Times |date=4 March 2007 |language=en |url-access=subscription}}</ref>