Private Tony Cleverley served with 7 Platoon, C Company of 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion, following the completion of Parachute Course 88 at RAF Ringway in October 1943.
Private Cleverley was deployed as part of the 6th Airborne response to the German counter-offensive in the Ardennes during Winter 1944-5, before later taking part in the Rhine Crossing (Op Varsity). After the war, he also served in Palestine.
by Stephen Jackson
