Bombardier Leslie Bluer
Bdr Leslie Bluer was enlisted into The Royal Artillery and later served with 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery.
He volunteered for parachuting and qualified as a parachutist on Course 17 which ran at RAF Ringway from 7 to 12 July 1942.
He later deployed with the Battery on operations to Sicily, Italy and Arnhem, where he was a member of Headquarters Troop and eventually taken as a Prisoner of War.
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| 09/09/1943 – 01/05/1945 | Italy |
| 10/07/1943 – 17/08/1943 | Sicily (Operation Husky) |
| 17/09/1944 – 25/09/1944 | Arnhem (Operation Market Garden) |
| 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA, (Bombardier) |
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