Watchguard International
Private military company registered in Jersey in 1965 by SAS veterans David Stirling and John Woodhouse.
- Woodhouse's first assignment was to go to Yemen to report on the state of the royalist forces when a cease-fire was declared. At the same time Stirling was cultivating his contacts in the Iranian government and exploring the chances of obtaining work in Africa.[1]
- The company did operate in Zambia and in Sierra Leone, providing training teams and advising on security matters, but it's founder's maverick ways of doing business caused its eventual downfall.[2]
- Woodhouse resigned as Director of Operations after a series of disagreements and Stirling himself ceased to take an active part in 1972. [3]
