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Bdr Leslie Bluer was enlisted into The Royal Artillery and later served with 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery.He volunteered for parachuting and qualified as a parachutist on Course 17 which ran at RAF Ringway from 7 to 12 July 1942.

He later deployed with the Battery on operations to Sicily, Italy and Arnhem, where he was a member of Headquarters Troop and eventually taken as a Prisoner of War.

1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA, 6 November 1942.

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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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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)
1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal...
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1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA, 6 November 1942.
1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA, 6 November 1942.