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Bill Crockett's account of his experiences at Hardwick Hall and Ringway in 1940

“UP 500, FIVE TO DROP”    AS REMEMBERED BY BILL CROCKETT    Written c. 1987   

Signalman Thomas Lee Bentley "In His Own Words" Normandy 1944

Signalman Thomas Lee Bentley 25 January 1921 – 10 April 2003

The Airborne Forces Collect

Written by Padre John Hodgins, the Collect linked men of all arms who wore the red beret.  It is based on Malachi Chapter 4, Verse 2:

Eulogy for Reverend Paul Abram MVO MA

Padre Paul Abram, MVO MA- Eulogy – 25 th October 2023 – Final Draft

Op Tombola 2 SAS 4 March and 24 April 1945

‘TOMBOLA’ was a British special forces operation by Major Roy Farran’s 3rd Squad

Report on Recce in force into GIOIA by ‘B’ Coy 10 Bn The Parachute Regt, on the night 15/16 Sept.

SECRET . Appx E2. Report on Recce in force into GIOIA by ‘B’ Coy

Report on Recce in force into GIOIA by ‘B’ Coy 10 Bn The Parachute Regt, on the night 15/16 Sept.

SECRET . Appx E2. Report on Recce in force into GIOIA by ‘B’ Coy

10th Bn War Diary September 1943 Italy

10th Parachute Battalion. War Diary.

Soudia

Soudia, also known as the Battle of Gue Hill, was an engagement which took place on 24 November 1942 in the neighbourhood of Djebel es Soudid duri

Other Arnhem articles

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Memorials

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.