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Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)
A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war ...
Anthony Cherry commissioned into the Queen's Own Hussars in 1972, serving with the Parachute Squadron, Royal Armoured Corps. He served in Cyprus as part of the UN Peacekeeping Force in 1974, and later undertook tours of Northern Ireland.
Service History
- 1972 Parachute Squadron, RAC (Captain)