Richard Warburton

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1st (Airborne) Battalion, The Border Regiment (Lance Sergeant)

Operations

Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal and river crossings between Eindhoven and Arnhem.

Event

North Africa (Operation Torch)

On 12 November the 3rd Parachute Battalion (3 Para Bn) jumped onto and seized the vital airfield at Bone between Algiers and Tunis, arriving barely before German paratroopers deployed for the same mission.

Event

Sicily (Operation Husky)

Speed was essential to prevent the consolidation of Italian and German defences facing a rapid pincer movement launched from the west and south east immediately after the amphibious landings. Key bridges and ports were to be captured by airborne assault.

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Richard Warburton with a pal, 'Douggie', Aldershot, April 1939

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Lance Sergeant Richard Warburton

Service History

Operations

Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

North Africa (Operation Torch)

Sicily (Operation Husky)

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Lance Sergeant Richard Warburton

Service History

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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

North Africa (Operation Torch)

Sicily (Operation Husky)

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