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Derek Thomas Siddons enlisted into the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.Private Siddons volunteered for airborne forces in late 1942 and qualified as a military parachutist on course 50 which ran at RAF Ringway from 8 to 22 February 1943. The course report states 'Pte Siddons: Good control. Keen hard working.'

He was posted to B Company, The 8th (Midland) Parachute Battalion (8th Para Bn) and jumped on Operation Overlord into Normandy on 6 June 1944.

Corporal Siddons was Wounded in Action (WIA) on 15 June 1944 when he was shot through the right thigh.

Cpl Siddons was demobbed in May 1946.

Group shot of B Company, 8th Parachute Battalion outside billets in Palestine.

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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
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Group shot of B Company, 8th Parachute Battalion outside billets in Palestine.
Group shot of B Company, 8th Parachute Battalion outside billets in Palestine.
Group shot of B Company, 8th Parachute Battalion outside billets in Palestine.
Group shot of B Company, 8th Parachute Battalion outside billets in Palestine.