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Arthur Herbert Calvert Baldry served in The Suffolk Regiment during World War II prior to volunteering for The Parachute Regiment.He qualified as a military parachutist on course 136 which ran at RAF Ringway in October 1944 and subsequently served with the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion in North West Europe and the Far East.

Service History

Operations

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Advance to the Baltic
The airborne soldiers were well suited to exploit the fluid situation that occurred following the collapse of the Rhine barri...

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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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Ardennes
After the Allied landings in Normandy and subsequent advance through France and Belgium, the German Army had succeeded in sta...

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Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)
Operation Varsity was the largest single airborne operation in history. On a single day, over 16,000 men were inserted by gli...
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