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Edward James Walter Tipper enlisted into The Royal Sussex Regiment before volunteering for airborne forces.He undertook parachute training course 140, which ran at RAF Ringway from 30 October to 14 November 1944.

Pte 'Ted' Tipper was posted to the 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion after qualifying as a military parachutist.

He saw active service in Europe, the Far East and Palestine, and was demobbed in June 1947.

Private Edward Tipper

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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...

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Far East
The 5th Parachute Brigade was sent to the Far East in preparation for a potential invasion of Japan. However, only the advanc...

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General service medal
War Medal 1939 - 1945
General service medal
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Pte Edward Tipper
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