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Special Forces Club
Formation1945
(79 years ago)
 (1945)
FounderMajor General Sir Colin Gubbins
TypePrivate members' club
PurposeEstablished for former personnel of the Special Operations Executive and associated special forces groups
Key people
Anne, Princess Royal (Patron) The Lord Sedwill (President)
Websitesfclub.org

The Special Forces Club (SFC) is a private members' club located at 8 Herbert Crescent in Knightsbridge, London. Initially established in 1945 for former personnel of the Special Operations Executive, members of wartime resistance organisations, the Special Air Service, Special Boat Service and First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, its membership now includes those who had served, or were serving, in organisations and units closely associated with special operations and the intelligence community.

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