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Marcus Riley joined Junior Para, based at Browning Barracks in 1983, passing out January 1985 and posted to 3 Para with a tour of the USA Late 1986,

Posted to Depot Para as storeman on P Company Training detachment with tours of Germany (1986 & 1987), Gibraltar before culminating in a transfer to 1 Para in 1988 and a tour of N Ireland

Private Riley attained German Paratrooper wings in 1987.

Private Marcus Riley

Service History

Operations

Article

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

Decorations

General Service Medal (to 1962) Clasp
General Service Medal (to 1962) Clasp
1989
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