Editing Hereford (section)

==Military associations==
In 1999, the British Army [[Special Air Service]] (SAS) moved from their base at Stirling Lines (formerly Bradbury Lines) in Hereford, their home since 1960, to a former [[Royal Air Force]] base [[RAF Hereford|RAF Credenhill]] in [[Credenhill]] that had been redeveloped and was designated as [[Stirling Lines]] in 2000. The clock tower on which the names of deceased SAS soldiers are inscribed was relocated.<ref>{{cite news|last=Staff|date=19 May 1980|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924110,00.html|title=World: Britain's SAS.: Who Dares Wins|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=9 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120104040/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924110,00.html|archive-date=20 January 2011}}</ref>

The Anglican church of St Martin<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmartinshereford.org.uk/|title=Home – St Martin's Church Hereford|author=Phillip Brown|work=stmartinshereford.org.uk|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=18 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218190441/http://stmartinshereford.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> has part of its graveyard set aside as an SAS memorial, over twenty SAS soldiers are buried there. There is also a Wall of Remembrance displaying memorial plaques to some who could not be buried, including the 18 SAS men who lost their lives in the Sea King helicopter crash during the Falklands Campaign on 19 May 1982,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-18136957|title=SAS Falklands dead remembered at service|work=BBC News|date=20 May 2012|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925232936/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-18136957|url-status=live}}</ref> and a sculpture and stained glass window dedicated to the SAS.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ben Goddard |url=http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/14788397.Sculpture_will_be_more_relevant_for_today__39_s_regiment__says_veteran__39_s_wife/ |title=Sculpture will be more relevant for today's regiment, says veteran's wife (From Hereford Times) |date=7 October 2016 |publisher=Herefordtimes.com |access-date=2016-11-18 |archive-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119062807/http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/14788397.Sculpture_will_be_more_relevant_for_today__39_s_regiment__says_veteran__39_s_wife/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 17 October 2017, ''Ascension'', a new sculpture and window honouring the Special Air Service Regiment in [[Hereford Cathedral]], was dedicated by the then [[Richard Frith|Bishop of Hereford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.herefordcathedral.org/news/ascension-memorial-dedicated|title=Ascension memorial dedicated|publisher=Hereford Cathedral|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030429/https://www.herefordcathedral.org/news/ascension-memorial-dedicated|url-status=dead}}</ref>