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Sergeant Frank Manser

Operations

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Formation and Early Airborne Forces
On the 22nd June 1940, Winston Churchill sent a letter to General Ismay requesting a corps of at least 5000 troops. He had...

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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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North Africa (Operation Torch)
On 12 November the 3rd Parachute Battalion (3 Para Bn) jumped onto and seized the vital airfield at Bone between Algiers and ...

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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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Nominal Rolls

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1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.
1st Parachute Battalion Nominal Roll En Voyage for North Africa.

Group photos

Group portrait of Mortar Platoon, 1st Parachute Battalion, c1942.
Group portrait of Mortar Platoon, 1st Parachute Battalion, c1942.
Group portrait of Mortar Platoon, 1st Parachute Battalion, c1942.
Group portrait of Mortar Platoon, 1st Parachute Battalion, c1942.
Small group photograph of a Stick at Ringway, 1941
Small group photograph of a Stick at Ringway, 1941
1 Para Officers and Sgts from HQ Coy, Bourne, Lincs, Aug 1945
1 Para Officers and Sgts from HQ Coy, Bourne, Lincs, Aug 1945
Group portrait of a platoon from S Coy, 1 Para, at Bourne, Lincs, in September 1944 prior to Arnhem
Group portrait of a platoon from S Coy, 1 Para, at Bourne, Lincs, in September 1944 prior to Arnhem

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Sgt Manser shortly after his capture at Arnhem.
Sgt Manser shortly after his capture at Arnhem.