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The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Corporal)

Operations

Hong Kong

The emergency deployment was authorised in order to provide the resident Gurkha battalion with some much-needed respite, and 1 PARA arrived at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong on 3 February 1980 in bitter cold.

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.

Decorations

UNMC
GSM

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Corporal Peter M Boyd

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22 Jul 1957 -

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Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

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22 Jul 1957 -

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Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

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