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Parachute Brigades begin operating with battalion-size parachute assaults and operations in North Africa in 1942 that are expanded to division size efforts in Sicily and Italy in 1943.

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Title 1942 - 1943

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CLE Mk1 containing 24 hour rations
CLE Mk1 containing 24 hour rations
CLE containing 16 boxes 455 Rev, c1943.
CLE containing 16 boxes 455 Rev, c1943.
CLE containing various weaponry and ammunition, including Vickers Gun and tripod.
CLE containing various weaponry and ammunition, including Vickers Gun and tripod.
CLE containing eight rifles and other equipment, c1943.
CLE containing eight rifles and other equipment, c1943.
CLE MkIII containing Ammunition, c1943.
CLE MkIII containing Ammunition, c1943.
CLE containing Ball Ammunition .30 Caliber, c1943.
CLE containing Ball Ammunition .30 Caliber, c1943.
CLE Mk1 containing smoke generators, c1943.
CLE Mk1 containing smoke generators, c1943.

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CLE Mk1 Container, fully packed, after dropping.
CLE Mk1 Container, fully packed, after dropping.
CLE Mk1 containing 7.92mm Besa, before and after drop.
CLE Mk1 containing 7.92mm Besa, before and after drop.
CLE Mk1 containing Generators Smoke, No8, before and after drop
CLE Mk1 containing Generators Smoke, No8, before and after drop
CLE Mk1 containing 3" Howitzer High Explosive, before and after drop.
CLE Mk1 containing 3" Howitzer High Explosive, before and after drop.
CLE Mk1 containing 2 Pdr Armour-piercing (AP) Shot, before and after drop.
CLE Mk1 containing 2 Pdr Armour-piercing (AP) Shot, before and after drop.
CLE Mk1 containing .303 Mk VII before and after drop
CLE Mk1 containing .303 Mk VII before and after drop
CLE Mk1 containing 37mm Gun Shot Armour-piercing Capped (APC)
CLE Mk1 containing 37mm Gun Shot Armour-piercing Capped (APC)
CLE Mk1 containing Ball Ammunition, before and after drop.
CLE Mk1 containing Ball Ammunition, before and after drop.
CLE Mk1 containing 3" Howitzer. Smoke, before and after drop.
CLE Mk1 containing 3" Howitzer. Smoke, before and after drop.

Group photos

2nd Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (TA)
2nd Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (TA)
Group photograph of 21st Independent Para Coy at Hardwick, 1942
Group photograph of 21st Independent Para Coy at Hardwick, 1942
Thomas F Sutton with members on 2nd Bn Ox and Bucks
Thomas F Sutton with members on 2nd Bn Ox and Bucks
Pte G Dimmock parachute training
Pte G Dimmock parachute training

Personal accounts

History of 9th Airborne Sqn R.E. - page 1
History of 9th Airborne Sqn R.E. - page 1
History of 9th Airborne Sqn R.E. - page 2
History of 9th Airborne Sqn R.E. - page 2

Solo photos

Alfred E Bickley
Alfred E Bickley
AE Bickley N. Africa 1943
AE Bickley N. Africa 1943
Arthur C Main 1943
Arthur C Main 1943

Medal Citations

Sgt.Anderson's MC Citation, Sicily. 1943
Sgt.Anderson's MC Citation, Sicily. 1943