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Geoff Chater passed out from The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Depot in Platoon 460 in 1980, and went onto serve in 2 Platoon, A Company 2 PARA along with Dilip Dey who also passed out with the same platoon intake.After completing the residential tour in Northern Ireland, Geoff went on to serve in the Falklands campaign and left the Army in early 1983.

No 2 Platoon A Company 2 PARA early 1980s

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Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)
A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war ...

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Falklands (Operation Corporate)
On 2nd April 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a British Territory in the South Atlantic, followed the next day by...

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General Service Medal Clasp (1962 onwards)
General Service Medal Clasp (1962 onwards)
1982
South Atlantic Medal with Rosette
South Atlantic Medal with Rosette
1982
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No 2 Platoon A Company 2 PARA early 1980s
No 2 Platoon A Company 2 PARA early 1980s
460 Platoon 1980
460 Platoon 1980
A Company, 2 PARA on board MV Norland, April 1982.
A Company, 2 PARA on board MV Norland, April 1982.
A Company, 2 PARA on board MV Norland, April 1982.
A Company, 2 PARA on board MV Norland, April 1982.