Leonard Cole originally served with the Royal Artillery before volunteering for airborne forces and completed Parachute Course No 86 at RAF Ringway in October 1944. Private Cole was then posted to the 12th Parachute Battalion and was wounded taking part in the Normandy Campaign.
His smock, morphine ampule and silk map of France are all displayed at the Airborne Assault Museum having been kindly donated by his family.
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