Private Robert D Vanden

09 Feb 1958 - 21 May 1979

Private Robert David Vanden served with C Company, 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) and served with the Battalion on deployment to Northern Ireland (pictured during 1978 tour).

He was killed on 21 May 1979 in a parachute accident on an authorised night jump onto Everleigh drop zone.

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Robert D Vanden

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  • L/Cpl Vanden and Pte Loughney's name on the National memorial Arboretum, date unknown.
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    L/Cpl Vanden and Pte Loughney's name on the National memorial Arboretum, date unknown.

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David Lawrence Woods said:
I was on the DZ that day, we lost two on that jump. Loughney and Vanden. They came down together. Brave men to the end, neither made a sound.
I'm so glad it is recorded and remembered here.
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