Corporal William N Jones

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Service History

2002
Guards Parachute Platoon, 3 PARA (Corporal)

Operations

Event

Iraq (Operation Telic)

This was the first time the brigade had deployed complete on an operation since its inception in September 1999.

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

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Op Telic Flag 2003

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