David Kershaw (died 1987) was one of "the Originals" .This is the name given to the 66 men who were recruited and trained by colonel David Sterling to form the SAS in WWII.David Kershaw was a fervent socialist,who had fought against the fascists in the Spanish civil war,and was a key man in the successful raids carried out behind the German lines in the north african desert war,where large numbers of enemy planes,transport and munitions were destroyed.