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Gunner George Sidney Howard served with 97 (Lawson’s Company) Parachute Field Battery, 33rd Parachute Field Regiment RA from 1956 to 1957 during his National Service.He saw active service in Cyprus and Egypt.

Service History

Operations

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Suez (Operation Musketeer)
French paratroopers with part of the 1st (Guards) Independent Parachute Company were to capture two vital bridges leading sou...

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Cyprus (EOKA Campaign)
A continual round of village cordon and search operations, road blocks, curfews, law enforcement and riot control followed. O...

Decorations

General Service Medal Clasp (1962 onwards)
General Service Medal Clasp (1962 onwards)
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