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Operation Musketeer: Corporal Tony Lowe’s Story

On the 4th of November 1956 I was with 16th Independent Para Brigade HQ assembled in Cyprus 1956 and billeted just outside Nicosia on the Kyrenia road.

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Obituary of Lt Col Terence Otway DSO

Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Otway, who died on Sunday aged 92, led the 9th Parachute Battalion in operations on D-Day and was awarded the DSO.

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Obituary of Brig Paul Crook

Brigadier Paul Crook, who has died aged 89, won a DSO for his leadership of 3 Para Group in the assault on El Gamil airfield during the Suez Crisis.

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OBE Citation for Lt Col Norman Field

For outstanding devotion to duty

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Obituary for LCpl William Kershaw

Bill Kershaw born in 1923 lied about his age on joining the Royal East Kent Regiment in 1939. He decided to join the Paras, which had just started recruiting in 1940.

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Obituary for Maj Gen Robert Goldsmith

Major General Robert Goldsmith, who has died aged 87, was Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Allied Airborne Army, in the closing stages of the Second World War and Chief of Staff, British troops in Egypt,

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Obituary for Maj Gen John D Frost

From an early age John Frost became familiar with the sound of gunfire. In India when he was only three weeks old his father shot and killed a snake that was crawling up the side of his cot.

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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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Operation Hasty

By May 1944 the 2nd (Independent) Parachute Brigade had been withdrawn from the ‘line’ near the Cassino sector and been placed in reserve at Portecagnano and Filignano near Salerno.

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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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Oudna

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

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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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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.

Weapons

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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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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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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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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OS UK Armed Forces evacuate British personnel from Kabul

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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Operation Musketeer: Corporal Tony Lowe’s Story

Obituary of Lt Col Terence Otway DSO

Obituary of Brig Paul Crook

OBE Citation for Lt Col Norman Field

Obituary for LCpl William Kershaw

Other articles connected with 11 SAS Battalion

Other Arnhem articles

Obituary for Maj Gen Robert Goldsmith

Obituary for Maj Gen John D Frost

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

Operation Hasty

Oosterbeek - The Old Church

Oudna

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

Operation Speedwell (Italy)

Operation Simcol (Italy)

Ordnance Quick Firing 17 Pounder

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

Operation Silkman

Operation Silkman Demonstration Parachute Jump

Ordnance Quick Firing 6 Pounder

Op Toral

Operation Pitting 2021

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Operation Musketeer: Corporal Tony Lowe’s Story

Obituary of Lt Col Terence Otway DSO

Obituary of Brig Paul Crook

OBE Citation for Lt Col Norman Field

Obituary for LCpl William Kershaw

Other articles connected with 11 SAS Battalion

Other Arnhem articles

Obituary for Maj Gen Robert Goldsmith

Obituary for Maj Gen John D Frost

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

Operation Hasty

Oosterbeek - The Old Church

Oudna

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

Operation Speedwell (Italy)

Operation Simcol (Italy)

Ordnance Quick Firing 17 Pounder

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

Operation Silkman

Operation Silkman Demonstration Parachute Jump

Ordnance Quick Firing 6 Pounder

Op Toral

Operation Pitting 2021

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