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Roll Call Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Rickcord, DSO

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Listed Operations

01/09/1945 – 30/06/1948 Palestine
06/06/1944 – 27/08/1944 Normandy (Operation Overlord)
24/12/1944 – 28/01/1945 Ardennes
24/03/1945 – 02/05/1945 Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)
26/03/1945 – 02/05/1945 Advance to the Baltic

Airborne Forces service history

1934 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles
1940-1942 Adjutant, 10th Battalion (The Buffs), Royal East Kent Regiment
1944 Company Commander, 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles
1944-1945 Second In Command (2-i-c), 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles
1945 Commanding Officer (CO), 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles, (Lieutenant-Colonel)
1946-1947 6th Airborne Division Battle School Haifa, (Lieutenant-Colonel)
1946-1947 The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), (Lieutenant-Colonel)
1951-1952 Commanding Officer (CO), 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles