Glider Pilot Regiment (GPR)

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Biography of RSM Michael Briody

2717183. Warrant Officer Class I. Michael Briody. Regimental Sergeant Major, No 2 Wing The Glider Pilot Regiment.

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GPR Night Vision Googles AATDC May 1945

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Medal set of RSM Michael Briody

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Sgt Sanders, Glider Pilot Regt, date unknown.

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Salute at the Memorial to The Royal Engineers and Glider Pilots who died during Operation Freshman

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RSM Michael Briody. No 2 Wing, GPR. 1942

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Final checks in a glider cockpit before take off by an unknown artist

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Glider Pilot Denis Cason's account of Nijmegen

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William R Howe Grave and Cross

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G Sqn 24 Flight GPR June 1944

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G Sqn 24 Flight GPR June 1944 named

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Bernard A Cummins on his wedding day 8 April 1944

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19 Flight B Sqn The Glider Pilot Regiment. RAF Brize Norton 18 July 1944

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Heavy Glider Conversion Unit 27 in June 1943 at RAF Brize Norton

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RO Walchli Flying No 18

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LANDING ZONE ‘Z’. SUNDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 1944.

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Bronze Lion Medal Citation for RSM Michael Briody

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MBE Citation for RSM Michael Briody

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S-Sgt CR Watkinson B-Sqn, GPR. 1944 DFM Citation

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Report on assault of Merville Battery Op. Tonga 6 June 1944

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Chalk 320 Sgt JJ Sharrock and SSgt S Waring

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The Shillelagh or Irish Fighting Stick carried by Capt John Smellie ‘B’ Sqn. GPR

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Letter from Roy Howard. B-Sqn, GPR. 11 Aug 1997

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Letter from Roy Howard. B-Sqn GPR 11 Aug 1997

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SSgt R Howard B-Sqn GPR OBITuary 1999

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Jack Griffiths at the Norfolk Gliding Club, 2014.

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No Second Chance book by Roy Howard. GPR

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Roll of Honour 1st Bn GPR 1939 - 45

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The Eagle 1989 'Portrait of a Pilot' Roy Howard

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S/Sgt CR Watkinson. GPR. POW questionnaire. May 1945

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James J Sharrock Obituary

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Arnhem Commemoration Dinner menu, GPR Sgt's Mess, 18 October 1944

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