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Suez (Operation Musketeer)
French paratroopers with part of the 1st (Guards) Independent Parachute Company were to capture two vital bridges leading sou...
David Waterman served in The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) from 1954 to 1957, after Passing Out with 21 Platoon at Airborne Forces Depot in Aldershot.He served in Cyprus during the EOKA campaign, before taking part in Operation Musketeer to Suez - the last time the British Army undertook a full Battalion airborne assault.
Service History
- Date not known Depot The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces
- 1954 The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) (Lance Corporal)
