{"id":62657,"date":"2026-01-01T20:57:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=62657"},"modified":"2026-01-06T23:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:24:39","slug":"the-story-of-three-teddy-bears-that-ended-up-in-the-british-armys-sas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/01\/the-story-of-three-teddy-bears-that-ended-up-in-the-british-armys-sas\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of three teddy bears that ended up in the British Army's SAS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British Army's Special Air Service (SAS) is one of the most prestigious special operations groups in the world.<\/p>\n

Ted Coningsby: the teddy bear who managed to fly in a Eurofighter and with the Red Arrows<\/a><\/rel>
\nA Spanish Harrier II wins a RAFCTE trophy in England and flies with a small giraffe<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Founded in 1941 by David Stirling, the SAS has fought in numerous locations<\/strong>, setting the standard for decades for other elite units around the world. Today, this special forces unit comprises three regiments<\/strong>, all based in England: 21 SAS, based at Regent's Park Barracks, London; 22 SAS, based at Stirling Lines, Herefordshire; and 23 SAS, based in Birmingham, West Midlands.<\/p>\n

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Besides possessing an excellent special operations force, the United Kingdom also has a great tradition of bears and teddy bears<\/strong>. It is the land of Paddington Bear<\/a>, the Peruvian bear created by the writer Michael Bond in 1958, who named one of London's railway stations after him. It is also the land of Winnie the Pooh<\/strong>, created in 1926 by the English writer A.A. Milne. Furthermore, Great Britain is home to Ted Coningsby, the teddy bear who managed to fly in a Eurofighter and with the Red Arrows<\/a> (he is already a celebrity in the British aviation world) and to Geoffrey the giraffe, whose story I told you here in 2024<\/a>, a little aviator who He has flown in many different aircraft (including a Spanish Harrier II<\/a>) for charity.<\/p>\n

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Following that tradition, a very curious initiative emerged in 2007: the Hero Bear<\/strong>, launched by the charity Help for Heroes (H4H)<\/a>, created that same year by Bryn Parry (1956-2023) and his wife Emma, \u200b\u200bafter witnessing the deplorable treatment of British Armed Forces veterans at a public swimming pool. Bryn was a Captain in the Royal Green Jackets<\/strong>, a famous infantry regiment of the British Army, and was also a talented cartoonist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bryn was the creator of Hero Bear<\/a>, a bear that helps Help for Heroes raise funds to support British veterans<\/strong> who have been wounded or maimed in the line of duty, contributing to their rehabilitation. Bryn drew a Hero Bear for the Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and Royal Air Force (RAF)<\/strong>, as a way to better reach the public. In order to raise funds, H4H also sold Hero Bear teddy bears<\/strong>, some of them wearing camouflage uniforms.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday, the YouTube channel TheKitLocker<\/a> published the first of three videos<\/strong> (I'll add the other two here when they're released) about three Hero Bears that ended up in the SAS:<\/strong> \"when we were manufacturing special forces clothing, we couldn't resist turning three of these bears into miniature SAS heroes\u2013 each decked out in authentic kit from different eras\"<\/em>, the description reads. \"Two of the bears were auctioned off on eBay to raise money for Help for Heroes<\/strong>\"<\/em>, and the one we see in the video is the third:<\/p>\n