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The ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland resulted in constant emergency tours for parachute battalions combating the IRA in internal security operations at home, coupled with the NATO UKJATFOR parachute commitment to reinforce threatened areas during the Cold War stand-off with the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact.

Content details

Title 1969 - 1980

Media

Newspaper extracts

Newspaper article from Leicester Mercury about 16 Independent Company (V) in Germany, 1974.
Newspaper article from Leicester Mercury about 16 Independent Company (V) in Germany, 1974.

Photos

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Changing of the Guard, 1 PARA on Public Duties, 1969
Changing of the Guard, 1 PARA on Public Duties, 1969
1 PARA mounts guard at Wellington Barracks, 1969
1 PARA mounts guard at Wellington Barracks, 1969
Capt Pike and BM Wroe walk past band, 1 PARA public duties, 1969
Capt Pike and BM Wroe walk past band, 1 PARA public duties, 1969
Band enter the gates of Buckingham Palace when 1 PARA performed Public Duties, 1969
Band enter the gates of Buckingham Palace when 1 PARA performed Public Duties, 1969
A Bridge Too Far : Filming the attack on the Bridge
A Bridge Too Far : Filming the attack on the Bridge
A Bridge Too Far: John Frost talking to Charlie Mann
A Bridge Too Far: John Frost talking to Charlie Mann
A Bridge Too Far: John Waddy in discussion with Richard Attenborough
A Bridge Too Far: John Waddy in discussion with Richard Attenborough
John Waddy over the border in Cambodia, 1971
John Waddy over the border in Cambodia, 1971

Group photos

A Bridge Too Far: John Waddy with the 'Pilots'.
A Bridge Too Far: John Waddy with the 'Pilots'.
Men of 16 Independent Company relax at RAF Waddington
Men of 16 Independent Company relax at RAF Waddington
Members of B and D Company, 4 Para, Cambrian March circa 1978
Members of B and D Company, 4 Para, Cambrian March circa 1978

Aerial photos

John Waddy's view from a Huey helicopter, Vietnam 1972
John Waddy's view from a Huey helicopter, Vietnam 1972

Official documents

John Waddy - Letter of appointment to Saigon
John Waddy - Letter of appointment to Saigon