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Welfare requests and Transition for those facing Medical Discharge

Applications for assistance from serving members of the Regiment and their families should be made via Unit Welfare Officers, who will contact the RHQ PARA Welfare Cell if required.

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Mental Health

According to leading mental health organisations, around 1 in 4 of us will experience some form of mental health problem at least once during our lives.

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Citation for the award of the Victoria Cross to Lance Corporal Josh Leakey, London Gazette, 26 February 2015.

THE LONDON GAZETTE of 26 February 2015 Honours and Awards Victoria Cross MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Whitehall, London SW1 26 February 2015

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The True Facts of The Battle for Plaman Mapu, Borneo 27 April 1965 and the Men Who Fought It.

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New name for Suffolk’s airborne engineers

Suffolk’s airborne engineers are to be renamed 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment in recognition of their history and current role within the British Army’s Airborne Forces.

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The Paratrooper and his Dog by Laurie Goldstraw

What happened in the early hours of D-Day was this. The men of the 9th Para Bn were carried into action in Dakota (C 47) aircraft.

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An interview with Ron Rouse

I was conscripted in February 1940, and joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, we did three months training in Wales.

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David Hunter's Recollections of D-Day

D-Day had arrived at last. After 2 1/2 years in the army I was going into action for the first time.

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Citation for Cpl W R Tindale’s Military Medal, London Gazette 14 December 1965.

11678 Supplement to the London Gazette 14 December 1965 Military Medal 23532335 Corporal William Redvers Tindale

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Captain MacMillan's report on the activities of the 317 (Airborne) Field Security Section, Normandy 1944.

The following excerpts are from Captain MacMillan's report, written in 1968, on the activities of the 317 (Airborne) Field Security Section, which he commanded:

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Airborne Hang Up Recovery Trials by Sqn Leader Frank Hayward

In the spring of 1944 I was serving with 575 Sqn at RAF Broadwell (equipped with C-47 Dakotas) and I remember that on one practice jump over the UK prior to D-Day, one paratrooper became caught up

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Newspaper report on the death of Pte Colin Carver, 1 PARA.

HARLOW MAN KILLED IN ADEN BATTLE.

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An account of the Normandy landings in Major-General Richard Gale’s own words

On 2 June, when Gale visited the 9th Parachute Battalion at RAF Broadwell, he received an enthusiastic reception and said of Normandy, "The Hun thinks only a bloody fool will go there.

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Citation for the award of the DCM to Private Etheridge, 1944.

On 18th September 1944 when the 4th Brigade dropped at Arnhem they found that the Germans were covering considerable portions of the DZ with Machine Gun and Mortar fire.

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Remembrance at the 'Arnhem Tree’ in Alexandra Palace Park, 22 September 1961.

LEGION HONOUR THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT

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A personal account of Lt Rendell’s part in the capture of the airfield at Depienne, written in 1990.

‘I think we must have been following Bn HQ planes, I remember being briefed to jump when the CO jumped.

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A personal account of Captain Lewis Golden, written 2005.

The following is Captain Golden’s personal account, written in November 2005:

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A Formidable Assignment – Operation Varsity, a Glider Pilot’s Perspective, by Des Page.

I was born and educated in Maidstone, Kent, but with my mother and father, moved to Birmingham in 1937.

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A personal account of Pte W Aldcroft's experiences in Arnhem

Early one morning on the 17th of September 1944 the 2nd Battalion of 1st Parachute Brigade landed in Holland at the Town of Arnhem to lead the assault to take two bridges across the Rhine.

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'Tony' Leake's account of a glider crash on D-Day

THE GLIDER IN THE RIVER DIVES AT BURES ON D-DAY. By. Cpl. (later Dr) R.A. ‘Tony’ Leake. Late 1980’s.

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'Sandy' Mastertons Account of Arnhem

“In September 1944 we were in Nissen huts in the village of BURFORD and flew to ARNHEM from BROADWELL aerodrome.

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Hamilcar glider, chalk number 501

Hamilcar glider, chalk number 501. FROM ‘ONE NIGHT IN JUNE’.

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3rd and 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery.

The 3rd and 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery’s, Royal Artillery would both take part in operation ‘TONGA’, on the night of 5th/6th June 1944.

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Passing Out Parade Platoon Champion Recruits

As listed in The Passing Out Parade Booklet for each platoon. 1969 WJ McGuire MJ Butler F McQuitty R Coleman

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Col (R'td) David Benest OBE's recollections of Brig (R'td) Colin Bowden OBE

Brigadier Colin Bowden OBE

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Times obituary for Richard Fry MC

The 3rd Parachute Brigade, in which Richard Fry commanded a platoon in the 8th Parachute Battalion, endured a dispersed landing in Normandy in the early hours of D-Day.

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The Paratrooper hacked his way to freedom

The following article appeared in a magazine in the late 1980’s. ‘THE PARATROOPER HACKED HIS WAY TO FREEDOM’.

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Extracts from 'The Days Gone By' by Richard Adams. Detailing the events of December 1943 to January 1945.

Whilst awaiting his units re-deployment to the UK he again applied for Airborne Forces, and not long after this sailed in a convoy that spent Christmas 1943 at sea.

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Lance Corporal Alfred Farnfield's account of the events on 26th September 1944.

The following is a statement from Lance Corporal Alfred Farnfield.

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Extract from the account of Lieutenant E A James. 18 September 1944-22 September 1944.

18th Monday. 04:00 hrs moved out South to take the 2nd Route. Progressed in stages and eventually reached area of River by Pontoon bridge. We endured heavy shellfire and Maj. P.

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1st Airborne Division. Royal Army Chaplains Department. Battle of Arnhem. 17th – 26th September 1944.

1st Airborne Division. Royal Army Chaplains Department. Battle of Arnhem. 17th – 26th September 1944. Senior Chaplain to the Forces attached to Divisional H.Q.

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Training and selection

The Parachute Regiment, spearhead of the infantry, has three regular battalions.

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The Red Devils

The 1st Parachute Brigade had received its distinctive maroon berets shortly before departure for the North African campaign.

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German Airborne Forces

The history of the German Fallschirmjäger began when the Regiment ‘General Goering’ was created from the transfer of a Berlin Police Unit into the newly formed Luftwaffe (Air Force), which formed p

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Royal Enfield WD/RE 125cc Flying Flea Motor Cycle

The Flying Flea can trace its design roots to the German DKW RT100.

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Airborne Trolley

This extremely functional trolley was used in the D-Day landings and subsequent airborne operations of World War II.

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Bristol Bombay aircraft

This pre-World War II transport and bomber aircraft was adapted by the SAS for parachute training in the Middle East in 1941.

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Armstrong-Whitworth Albemarle aircraft

First delivered to the RAF in January 1940 as a medium bomber, this aircraft played a leading part in airborne training and operations in the Second World War, being employed by 38 Group RAF for to

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Hawker Siddeley "Andover" aircraft

This rear loading medium range transport aircraft entered RAF Squadron service in 1966 and is designed to operate from forward or unprepared air strips only 460 metres long.

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Avro 504.N aircraft

The Avro 504 was designed in November 1912 and first flew in 1913. The aircraft flew in the early years of World War I as a reconnaissance and general purpose aircraft.

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Welfare requests and Transition for those facing Medical Discharge

Mental Health

Citation for the award of the Victoria Cross to Lance Corporal Josh Leakey, London Gazette, 26 February 2015.

The True Facts of The Battle for Plaman Mapu, Borneo 27 April 1965 and the Men Who Fought It.

New name for Suffolk’s airborne engineers

The Paratrooper and his Dog by Laurie Goldstraw

An interview with Ron Rouse

David Hunter's Recollections of D-Day

Citation for Cpl W R Tindale’s Military Medal, London Gazette 14 December 1965.

Captain MacMillan's report on the activities of the 317 (Airborne) Field Security Section, Normandy 1944.

Airborne Hang Up Recovery Trials by Sqn Leader Frank Hayward

Newspaper report on the death of Pte Colin Carver, 1 PARA.

An account of the Normandy landings in Major-General Richard Gale’s own words

Citation for the award of the DCM to Private Etheridge, 1944.

Remembrance at the 'Arnhem Tree’ in Alexandra Palace Park, 22 September 1961.

A personal account of Lt Rendell’s part in the capture of the airfield at Depienne, written in 1990.

A personal account of Captain Lewis Golden, written 2005.

A Formidable Assignment – Operation Varsity, a Glider Pilot’s Perspective, by Des Page.

A personal account of Pte W Aldcroft's experiences in Arnhem

'Tony' Leake's account of a glider crash on D-Day

'Sandy' Mastertons Account of Arnhem

Hamilcar glider, chalk number 501

3rd and 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery.

Passing Out Parade Platoon Champion Recruits

Col (R'td) David Benest OBE's recollections of Brig (R'td) Colin Bowden OBE

Times obituary for Richard Fry MC

The Paratrooper hacked his way to freedom

Extracts from 'The Days Gone By' by Richard Adams. Detailing the events of December 1943 to January 1945.

Lance Corporal Alfred Farnfield's account of the events on 26th September 1944.

Extract from the account of Lieutenant E A James. 18 September 1944-22 September 1944.

1st Airborne Division. Royal Army Chaplains Department. Battle of Arnhem. 17th – 26th September 1944.

Training and selection

The Red Devils

German Airborne Forces

Royal Enfield WD/RE 125cc Flying Flea Motor Cycle

Airborne Trolley

Bristol Bombay aircraft

Armstrong-Whitworth Albemarle aircraft

Hawker Siddeley "Andover" aircraft

Avro 504.N aircraft

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