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Corporal William Owen Rampton served with 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion, and completed Parachute Course 78 at RAF Ringway in mid-August 1943.He went on to serve with the Battalion on Operation Manna to Greece in Winter 1944-5.

Troops of 5th Parachute Battalion in position on slopes in front of the Acropolis.

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Greece (Operation Manna)
One company of the 4th Para Battalion was dropped in high winds at Megara airfield 40 miles from Athens suffering numero...
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Troops of 5th Parachute Battalion in position on slopes in front of the Acropolis.
Troops of 5th Parachute Battalion in position on slopes in front of the Acropolis.