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Private Edwin Frank Brindley served with 3 Platoon, A Company of 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, after completion of Parachute Course 132 in mid-September 1944.

Private Edwin Brindley

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Palestine
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Far East
The 5th Parachute Brigade was sent to the Far East in preparation for a potential invasion of Japan. However, only the advanc...

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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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Members of 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, possibly Palestine.
Members of 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, possibly Palestine.
Members of 3 Platoon, A Company of 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, Palestine, c1946.
Members of 3 Platoon, A Company of 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, Palestine, c1946.