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'Airborne Hospital' at Apeldoorn

When 1st Airborne Division deployed to Arnhem as part of Operation Market Garden, the Division was supplemented by nearly 600 Airborne medical personnel.

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Oosterbeek - The Old Church

The Old Church in Oosterbeek dates back to the 10th Century and is the oldest church in use in Gelderland.

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Ordnance Quick Firing 6 Pounder

The Ordnance Quick Firing 6 Pounder (57mm) Anti Tank Gun was developed as a replacement for the earlier 2 Pounder (40mm) gun and first saw service in North Africa in 1942.

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Ordnance Quick Firing 17 Pounder

The Ordnance Quick Firing 17 Pounder (76.2mm) Anti tank Gun was developed as a replacement for the earlier 6 Pounder gun

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Oudna

Oudna is a battle honour of The Parachute Regiment and took place in North Africa, be

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Operation Speedwell (Italy)

Preparations for the operation began in August 1943 with proposals to drop large numbers of men from 2 SAS Regt into Italy to disrupt German forces and sever supply lines.

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Operation Simcol (Italy)

A large number of Allied service personnel managed to escape, against Army orders, into the neighbouring hills and countryside before the Germans had time to move in and reassert control over the camps.

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Open invitation to 6th Airborne Division veterans for the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings

An open letter from Lt Col PD Rodgers Regimental Secretary to all veterans of the 6th Airborne Division who took part in the Normandy landings.

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'After Arnhem', a personal account by Sapper Alan W Gauntlet

After Arnhem. 24th and 25th October 1944 .

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Order of Battle 16 Para Field Amb RAMC Arnhem 17- 26 Sept 1944

ORDER OF BATTLE 16 Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC Arnhem. 17 - 26 September 1944.

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Operation Silkman

Operation Silkman was undertaken from 13 October 2000 to 31 July 2002.

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Operation Silkman Demonstration Parachute Jump

II Squadron RAF Regiment carried out a demonstration jump in Sierra Leone on 13th January 2001.

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'Escape' written by Fred Gray and JE Humphreys

An article in the Airborne Engineers Association Newsletter, January 1998, by Historian, Fred Gray.

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Operation Pitting 2021

Operation PITTING is the name for the military support to the evacuation of British Nationals and former British staff eligible for relocation under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP).

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Op Toral

Operation Toral was the codename for the British presence within Afghanistan post-2014 as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission.

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'Wartime' by Norman V Ward his experiences with The 6th Airborne Division

Wartime By Norman V. Ward

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'A dangerous journey' by Leonard T Bailey

A DANGEROUS JOURNEY By 259646. Private. Leonard Trevor ‘Bill’ Bailey.

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OP. LONDON BRIDGE by Jon Ward September 2022

OPERATION LONDON BRIDGE Code Name: London Bridge is Down

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Operation KEYSTONE 2 SAS 3 to 30 April 1945

Operation ‘Keystone’ was a British special forces operation by a Jeep-mounted Squadron of the 2nd Special Air Service under the command of Major Henry Druce with the objectives of interfering with

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OS Early Bill Larder black and white image

'RETURN OF A HUMBLE HERO' Bill Larder

The first time Dad went to Arnhem he flew in on a twin-engined Dakota. This time he arrived in Harwich in an electric Tesla and was taxied to Arnhem in an electric

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Obituary of Lt Col David Roberts

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Operation Bulbasket

Operation Bulbasket was carried out by B Squadron, 1st Special Air Service Regiment in occupied France from June to late July 1944.

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Op Tombola 2 SAS 4 March and 24 April 1945

‘TOMBOLA’ was a British special forces operation by Major Roy Farran’s 3rd Squad

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Op. Rugby 15 August 1944

"Operation RUGBY was the British airborne element of the wider Operation DRAGOON - the Allied invasion of southern France, centred around St Tropez, on 15 Aug 1944.

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‘SO THE RECORDS STAND’ Norman Dellar (ex-2nd Para Battalion)

From the ‘ARNHEM 1944 VETERANS CLUB’, Newsletter. June 1987. ‘SO THE RECORDS STAND’.

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Obituary for Col Derek Wilford OBE

The 2010 Report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, headed by Lord Saville of Newdigate, singled out for criticism Lt Colonel Derek Wilford who had been the Commanding Officer of the 1st Batt

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OS Op Market Garden extract from the diary of Major Charles Panter

Operation Market Garden, an extract from the diary of Major Charles Panter.

Page 3 OPERATION “MARKET” BEING AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE ADVENTURES OF “S” COMPANY IN HOLLAND SEPT 1944

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Officers, 3 PARA Cyprus, 1951.

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'Drummy' just before the Skyhawk attack, Wireless Ridge, 1982.

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'Gaz' Steele, 2 PARA, Goose Green, Falkland Islands, 1982.

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Open invitation to 6th Airborne Division veterans for the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings

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'Browning's Talk to the Men of Arnhem', Evening News, December 1944.

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Officers Mess Block, Montgomery Lines, 2011.

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One of the Stores Areas, Montgomery Lines, 2011.

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Early morning Arnhem 2015 good start to the day

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'Good start to the day', early morning Arnhem 2015.

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Original grave maker on the grave of Sgt B Swallow, Arnhem, Oosterbeek Cemetery, October 1945.

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Olympic champion at Army boxing match, 11 February 2015.

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'Bobby' Evans with his Mam, Dad, brothers and sisters at the family home in Penrhiwceiber, South Wales, late 1930s

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'Bobby' Evans and mate, Taranto, Italy, 11 September 1943.

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'Airborne Hospital' at Apeldoorn

Oosterbeek - The Old Church

Ordnance Quick Firing 6 Pounder

Ordnance Quick Firing 17 Pounder

Oudna

Operation Speedwell (Italy)

Operation Simcol (Italy)

Open invitation to 6th Airborne Division veterans for the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings

'After Arnhem', a personal account by Sapper Alan W Gauntlet

Order of Battle 16 Para Field Amb RAMC Arnhem 17- 26 Sept 1944

Operation Silkman

Operation Silkman Demonstration Parachute Jump

'Escape' written by Fred Gray and JE Humphreys

Operation Pitting 2021

Op Toral

'Wartime' by Norman V Ward his experiences with The 6th Airborne Division

'A dangerous journey' by Leonard T Bailey

OP. LONDON BRIDGE by Jon Ward September 2022

Operation KEYSTONE 2 SAS 3 to 30 April 1945

'RETURN OF A HUMBLE HERO' Bill Larder

Obituary of Lt Col David Roberts

Operation Bulbasket

Op Tombola 2 SAS 4 March and 24 April 1945

Other Arnhem articles

Op. Rugby 15 August 1944

‘SO THE RECORDS STAND’ Norman Dellar (ex-2nd Para Battalion)

Obituary for Col Derek Wilford OBE

Operation Market Garden, an extract from the diary of Major Charles Panter.

Officers, 3 PARA Cyprus, 1951.

'Drummy' just before the Skyhawk attack, Wireless Ridge, 1982.

'Gaz' Steele, 2 PARA, Goose Green, Falkland Islands, 1982.

Open invitation to 6th Airborne Division veterans for the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings

'Browning's Talk to the Men of Arnhem', Evening News, December 1944.

Officers Mess Block, Montgomery Lines, 2011.

One of the Stores Areas, Montgomery Lines, 2011.

'Good start to the day', early morning Arnhem 2015.

Original grave maker on the grave of Sgt B Swallow, Arnhem, Oosterbeek Cemetery, October 1945.

Olympic champion at Army boxing match, 11 February 2015.

'Bobby' Evans with his Mam, Dad, brothers and sisters at the family home in Penrhiwceiber, South Wales, late 1930s

'Bobby' Evans and mate, Taranto, Italy, 11 September 1943.

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