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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...
Lawrence Gummer served in the Royal Artillery prior to his transfer to airborne forces.He qualified as a military parachutist on Course 75 which ran at RAF Ringway from 26 July to 6 August 1943 and subsequently served with HQ 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade in Italy, Greece and Palestine.
He was demobilised in February 1946.