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Falklands Campaign Roll of Honour for Airborne Forces

Forty eight members of airborne forces were killed during the Falklands Campaign including personnel on attachment.

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1 Airborne Recon newsletter No 32 February 1991

The following article was in the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron Newsletter, No 32, February 1991.

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Arnhem Bridge

Having parachuted nine miles to the west of Arnhem during the early afternoon of 17th September 1944 2nd Parachute Battalion, reinforced by elements from the 1st Parachute Brigade reached the road

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Rwanda (Operation Gabriel)

On 30 July, after only 5 days preparation in Aldershot, the advance elements of the contingent, under the command of CO 5 Airborne Brigade Logistic Battalion arrived at Kigali airport on the outskirts of the capital.

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Some experiences of a Balloon Crew Detachment Commander

I have never managed to find out why I was posted to R.A.F.

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Mount Longdon

Following the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, 3 PARA were deployed as part of a British Task Force to retake the Islands.

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4th Parachute Battalion Wartime Honours and Awards

4th Parachute Battalion

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A History of the 261 (Airborne) Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers, Formerly 261 Field Park Company, RE (Airborne), Originally 261 (West Country) Field Park Company, RE From July 1939 to December 1945

Officers and Men of the Company/Squadron who have been killed in action. Operation ‘Freshman’ which took place on 19 November 1942

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Airborne Assault - The Museum of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces

Opening Times: Opening Times

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Bands of The Parachute Regiment by Colin Cunliffe

The Regiment was officially formed in 1940, however the formation of the Regiments band was not authorised until November of 1947.

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Edited obituary of Gen Sir John Winthrop Hackett

General Sir John Hackett (who died on September 9 1997, aged 86) was a brilliant soldier and an outstanding scholar; he was wounded three times in the Second World War, and awarded an MC and two DS

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REPATRIATION REPORT FOR CSM BECKETT AND RANGER DALZELL

REPATRIATION REPORT Thursday 10 February, 2011 From operations in Afghanistan, the repatriation of:

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Account of Operation Gabriel by Brigadier Mike Wharmby.

In the immediate aftermath of Rwanda’s hard fought civil war (1) and the terrifying genocide which accompanied it, some 650 UK personnel from 5 Airborne Brigade joined the UN Assistance Mission to

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Radfan

A concerted operation involving 3 PARA, 45 Commando and Federal troops to capture the Dhanaba Basin, a Radfan tribal stronghold, began at the end of April 1964. 3 PARA lost two killed and several wounded clearing the fort and village buildings at El Naquil in concert with 45 Commando.

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Extended biography of SSgt Tom Gillies

Tommy Gillies was born in Glasgow in 1919, the youngest of four children.

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Extended biography of Pip Tyler

Percy Robert ‘Pip’ Tyler began his military career at the school when he was evacuated in 1940, serving in a local Airforce Cadet Unit.

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RSM Herbert D "Nobby" Arnold biography

WO 1 (RSM) HERBERT DOUGLAS (NOBBY) ARNOLD First Service Number: 14458239 Second Service Number: 22813442 Born: 30th April 1927 60 Cordite Street, Woolwich

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2nd Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (TA) War Diary

Commanding Officer: Major. W.A.H. Rowat, R.A.

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Colour photo of Chateau de Grangues, Normandy, site of the massacre of British prisoners of war in 1944.

INVESTIGATION INTO THE MASSACRE OF EIGHT BRITISH PARATROOPERS ON THE 5/6TH JUNE 1944 IN THE GROUNDS OF CHATEAU DE GRANGUES, NORMANDY, by GIL BOYD BEM

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Steve's Story, the personal account of Pte Stephen Morgan at Arnhem.

Steve’s story. 1943 –1945

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Extended Biography for SSgt Arthur Shackleton

The German mortar bomb dropped into the middle of the small landing craft evacuating wounded survivors from the north bank, blowing it to pieces.

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223rd Anti-Tank Battery, RA, later the 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA November 1938 – April 1943

223rd Anti-Tank Battery, RA, later the 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA

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Lance Bombardier David King's personal account of his military service, June 1999.

June 1999. Brief account of Army Service of Lance Bombardier David King, 15 April 1943 to 5 November 1946.

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Corporal Alan C Dent

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2 PARA, REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) LAD (Light Aid Detachment), Stanley, 1982.

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Neville 'Bill' Griffin, with friends Joan and Bert Vosper REME, Germany, 1948-9

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Airborne REME DZ Flash

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Cpl John Wisely REME

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'Manny' Shinwell, War Minister, meeting officers of 16th Airborne Div REME at 4th Bde Group Annual Camp, Aug 1949

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Craftsman Alexander Shaw

Staff Sergeant George Ledger

Colonel Richard T L Shorrock

Sergeant Thomas Nettleton

Captain Robert Midwood

Warrant Officer Class 2 Alistair D S Lawrie

Company Sergeant Major Bernard P MacGuinness

Private Les Morgan

Private Gordon Smith

Staff Sergeant Arthur Shackleton

Major Godfrey R Burt

Falklands Campaign Roll of Honour for Airborne Forces

1 Airborne Recon newsletter No 32 February 1991

Arnhem Bridge

Rwanda (Operation Gabriel)

Some experiences of a Balloon Crew Detachment Commander

Mount Longdon

4th Parachute Battalion Wartime Honours and Awards

A History of the 261 (Airborne) Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers, Formerly 261 Field Park Company, RE (Airborne), Originally 261 (West Country) Field Park Company, RE From July 1939 to December 1945

Airborne Assault - The Museum of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces

Bands of The Parachute Regiment by Colin Cunliffe

Edited obituary of Gen Sir John Winthrop Hackett

REPATRIATION REPORT FOR CSM BECKETT AND RANGER DALZELL

Account of Operation Gabriel by Brigadier Mike Wharmby.

Radfan

Extended biography of SSgt Tom Gillies

Extended biography of Pip Tyler

RSM Herbert D "Nobby" Arnold biography

2nd Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (TA) War Diary

INVESTIGATION INTO THE MASSACRE OF EIGHT BRITISH PARATROOPERS ON THE 5/6TH JUNE 1944 IN THE GROUNDS OF CHATEAU DE GRANGUES, NORMANDY, by GIL BOYD BEM

Steve's Story, the personal account of Pte Stephen Morgan at Arnhem.

Extended Biography for SSgt Arthur Shackleton

223rd Anti-Tank Battery, RA, later the 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA November 1938 – April 1943

Lance Bombardier David King's personal account of his military service, June 1999.

Corporal Alan C Dent

2 PARA, REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) LAD (Light Aid Detachment), Stanley, 1982.

Neville 'Bill' Griffin, with friends Joan and Bert Vosper REME, Germany, 1948-9

Airborne REME DZ Flash

Cpl John Wisely REME

'Manny' Shinwell, War Minister, meeting officers of 16th Airborne Div REME at 4th Bde Group Annual Camp, Aug 1949

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