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From their inception in 1940, the Airborne Forces have been deployed in virtually every conflict participated in by the British Army.

2nd (Oban) Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery, War Diary by Lt E H Ellis.

2nd (Oban) Air Landing Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery. WAR DIARY. Month and year: September 1944 Commanding Officer: Major A.F. Haynes, R.A.

The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity

The Battle of Plaman Mapu

2 PARA was rushed to Singapore in early 1965 for intensive jungle training in response to President Sukarno of Indonesia’s threats of invasion intended to destabilise the young Malaysian Federation

Cornelius Ryan interview with John G Blunt

In checking official army records, we understand that you may have participated in either the land or airborne assault of Holland in September, 1944.

The Baxter Brothers 1st Parachute Battalion

The Baxter Brothers – 1st Parachute Battalion.

John 'Scruff' P West Obituary

Scruff passed away on Friday 19th Of January 2024 at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.He had been unwell for some time.

Pat Conn's Memories of flying in the Blackburn Beverley and the XB259

Pat Conn's memories of flying in the Blackburn Beverley

Hamish McGregor's memories of the Blackburn Beverley and the XB259

Hamish McGregor's memories of the Blackburn Beverley

4th Parachute Battalion Commanding Officers

Commanding Officers:4th Parachute Battalion 1942           Lt Col MR Hope-Thompson MC 1942-3        Lt Col JA Dene

‘SO THE RECORDS STAND’ Norman Dellar (ex-2nd Para Battalion)

From the ‘ARNHEM 1944 VETERANS CLUB’, Newsletter. June 1987. ‘SO THE RECORDS STAND’.

Pegasus Bridge

Just after after midnight on 6th June 1944, 181 airborne troops were released in six gliders over the Orne Estuary.

Exercise Marshmallow

Exercise Marshmallow was an exercise which took place on the bitterly cold night of 16 October, 1969, and the following day.

Exercise MacDrop

Exercise MacDrop was a 15 PARA (SV) Exercise which began in July/August 1969 and continued as a biannual exercise thereafter.

Photo Print Terms and Conditions. Please note we can only send prints within Europe.

The ParaData print on demand service allows documents and photographic materials to be purchased for delivery in printed format.

First Bag by First Army 1942 by Eric Seal

Here we were in Tunisia: two platoons of "S" Company, including my own, with a small detachment of Engineers, and a three-inch mortar group under Sgt Tucker.

The Dutch at Arnhem

Dutch civilian Kate ter Horst agreed that her home, the ‘Old Vicarage,’ next to the Oosterbeek Church could be used as a Regimental Aid Post during the height of the fighting.

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion Commanding Officers, 1942-45

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion Commanding Officers:

A short history of the Airborne Forward Observer Units, Royal Artillery, during the Second World War

As Airborne Forces during the War of 1939-1945 grew from raiding parties to battalions, to brigades, and to divisions, the problem of adequate artillery support became acute.

List of 2 PARA Commanding Officers since 1948

For details of commanding officers of the 2nd Parachute Battalion please click here

Obituary for Col Derek Wilford OBE

The 2010 Report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, headed by Lord Saville of Newdigate, singled out for criticism Lt Colonel Derek Wilford who had been the Commanding Officer of the 1st Batt