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Leslie S Foxcroft volunteered for the airborne forces after previously serving with The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.. 

Served in Sicily, Italy, Greece and Palestine

Warrant Officer Class 1 Leslie Foxcroft

Service History

Operations

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Palestine
Arab intransigence over the surge of Jewish immigration that followed the Holocaust in Europe led to the forming of extreme d...

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Sicily (Operation Husky)
Speed was essential to prevent the consolidation of Italian and German defences facing a rapid pincer movement launched from ...

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Italy
The Italians had capitulated while the force was still at sea. The sinking of HMS Abdiel by a mine in the harbour, however, r...

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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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