
SAS Duty Before Glory
13th May 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

SAS Duty Before Glory – The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings
Tuesday 13th May 7pm
A talk by Tony Rushmer
Reg Seekings’ rise to become one of the most highly-decorated Special Forces soldiers of the Second World War is a story of gallantry and leadership. A farm labourer’s son from the East of England, he began the global conflict at the bottom of the ladder and climbed the ranks to become a squadron sergeant major in the Special Air Service.
Reg made his name in the SAS after becoming one of its very first recruits in the summer of 1941 in North Africa. He soon became involved in a series of daring behind-the-lines operations, including the new unit’s very first successful assault (at Tamet airfield). His fierce ambition , inner strength and courage continued to serve him well as he fought in Sicily and Italy alongside his brother Bob and their Fenland friend Eric Musk. At times, Reg relied on Lady Luck – he survived a bullet to the base of his skull during a mission in France in 1944.
The following year Seekings was in Belsen as part of an SAS jeep patrol on the day that the infamous concentration camp was liberated. The experience came at the end of a war in which he saw more action than most and became an SAS great – a reputation that endures to this day.
Tony Rushmer has been a journalist for almost 30 years, covering a wide range of top-class sport for print and broadcast media. His first book was the critically-acclaimed The Triumph of Henry Cil, which was one of three finalists for the 2019 Dr Tony Ryan Award. He runs his own PR and communications business and lives in fenland Cambridgeshire, a couple of miles from where Reg Seekings was born.
Tickets: £8.50