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1988
The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Colour Sergeant)
2000
Para Company Infantry Training Centre Catterick Para Company, ITC Catterick (Corporal)

Operations

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick VIII)

2 PARA operated as Battle Group North operating from five Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) in the Upper Sangin Valley. These were situated in the area of the ‘Green Zone’ fertile farmland stretching one kilometre either side of the Helmand River.

Event

Iraq (Operation Telic)

This was the first time the brigade had deployed complete on an operation since its inception in September 1999.

Event

Macedonia (Operation Bessemer)

HQ 16 Air Asslt Bde became HQ Task Force Harvest with a multinational force of 15 nations under command. Their mission was to deploy to collect and dispose of NLA weapons and ammunition in order to restore stability in the FYROM.

Event

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war between Republican IRA and Protestant para-military groups during the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ that were to last 37 years.

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Colour Party No 1 and No 2 Guards, D Coy, 2 PARA, 50th Anniversary photo, Red Square Aldershot, 1990.

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Colour Sergeant Kevin Turk

Service History

Operations

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick VIII)

Iraq (Operation Telic)

Macedonia (Operation Bessemer)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

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Colour Sergeant Kevin Turk

Service History

Operations

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick VIII)

Iraq (Operation Telic)

Macedonia (Operation Bessemer)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

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