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1976
The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) (Corporal)
1983
Instructor Junior Parachute Company (Corporal)

Operations

Falklands (Operation Corporate)

On 2nd April 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a British Territory in the South Atlantic, followed the next day by an assault on South Georgia. The defending Royal Marines detachment at both locations were taken prisoner after fierce firefights.

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

SAMR

1982
GSM

1978

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Dedication of the new headstone for Pte Alan Walton, 11:00 hrs Friday 12 April, Pembroke Cemetery, Malta.

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Initial briefing, Dedication Ceremony of Pte Walton’s new headstone Pembroke Cemetery, Malta, 12 April 2013.

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5 Platoon, B-Company, 3rd Battalion, on SS Canberra, May 1982.

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Corporal Philip Probets

Service History

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