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Dennis Boardman served in the Royal Artillery prior to volunteering for airborne forces during World War II.He qualfied as a military parachutist on course 96, which ran at RAF Ringway in November 1943.

Pte Boardman was posted to 13th Parachute Battalion and subsequently took part in the campaign in north west Europe in 1944-45.

Private Dennis Boardman

Service History

Operations

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Advance to the Baltic
The airborne soldiers were well suited to exploit the fluid situation that occurred following the collapse of the Rhine barri...

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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division in action f...

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Ardennes
After the Allied landings in Normandy and subsequent advance through France and Belgium, the German Army had succeeded in sta...

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Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)
Operation Varsity was the largest single airborne operation in history. On a single day, over 16,000 men were inserted by gli...
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Group Photograph of Signallers Platoon, 13th Parachute Battalion, 1945.
Group Photograph of Signallers Platoon, 13th Parachute Battalion, 1945.

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Ptes Rogers and Boardman, 13 Para Bn, during Operation Varsity, 1945.
Ptes Rogers and Boardman, 13 Para Bn, during Operation Varsity, 1945.
Police Sgt Wignall, Richmond Borough, Metropolitan Police with Dennis Boardman, 13th Para Bn. Albert Hall, 2014.
Police Sgt Wignall, Richmond Borough, Metropolitan Police with Dennis Boardman, 13th Para Bn. Albert Hall, 2014.