Private James K French
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James French served in the Royal Artillery prior to volunteering for airborne forces during World War II.
He qualified as a military parachutist on course 96, which ran at RAF Ringway in December 1943, and subsequently served with 9 Para Bn HQ Coy Signals Platoon during the campaigns to liberate North West Europe in 1944-45.
Profile photograph courtesy of Richard French.
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| 06/06/1944 – 27/08/1944 | Normandy (Operation Overlord) |
| 01/09/1945 – 30/06/1948 | Palestine |
| 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 |
| 1939-1943 | Royal Artillery, (Signalman) |
| 1943-1946 | 9th (Essex) Parachute Battalion, (Private) |
