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Corporal Ronald Dixon qualified as a military parachutist on Course 97 which ran at RAF Ringway from 26 July to 6 August 1943 and subsequently served with Headquarters Company of 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion.He served with the Battalion during its campaigns in North West Europe in 1944-45 and the Far East.

Corporal Ronald Dixon

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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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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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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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Cpl Ronald Dixon
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