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Driver William A Ridgewell enlisted into the Royal Army Service Corps during World War II and volunteered for airborne forces.He qualified as a military parachutist on Course 99 which ran at RAF Ringway from 19 January to 3 February 1944 and subsequently served as a driver with 225 Parachute Field Ambulance which took part in the campaigns in North West Europe during 1944-45.

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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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