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Airborne Forces Association of West Australia

The Airborne Forces Association of Western Australia (formerly the Pegasus Association) was founded in 1968.

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Paratroopers lay up Colours in St Peters Church, Colchester, November 2024

A once-in-a-generation military ceremony has honoured the proud service and sacrifice of The Parachute Regiment and the bond between paratroopers and Colchester.

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Appendix ‘E’ of the 1st Parachute Squadron, RE War Diary for February 1943

Appendix ‘E’. ‘A’ Troop. Activity on morning 26 Feb 43.

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Rome War Cemetery

Rome War Cemetery was designed by Louis de Soissons. It contains 426 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.

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Newspaper Report. 'Kirkcaldy Officer Killed In Action'

Mrs Catherine Brown, 125 Links St, Kirkcaldy, has received word that he husband, Lieut. James Kidd Brown, Royal Engineers, was killed in action in the Middle East.

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Afghanistan Trust

The Afghanistan Trust was formed on 15 March 2007 to help support soldiers who have served with The Parachute Regiment, and their families, and who have been affected by operations in Afghanistan.

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2nd Parachute Brigade HQ and Defence Platoon. WAR DIARY. Dec. 1943

Month and year: December 1943. Commanding Officer: Brig. CHV Pritchard. Place: Sangro.

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DURNBACH CWGC CEMETERY, GERMANY. BURIAL DETAILS

The small village of Durnbach lies in the south of Germany approx 45 kms south of Munich.

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Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division in action for the first time.

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Appx IV. DIARY OF OPERATION, NORTH ITALY FOR COLLECTION AND GUIDING OF ESCAPED ALLIED PoW. Sgt. HWJ Guest ‘R’ Coy, 1 Para Bn.

Sgt. Guest H. ‘R’ Coy, 1 Para Bn.

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Guards Parachute Association

The Guards Parachute Association was formed on 25 October 1975 when No1 (Guards) Independent Company, The Parachute Regiment, marched off into history.

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The LCpl James McCue Trophy, Airborne Craftsmen put to the test November 2024

Teamwork, ingenuity, and determination were put to the test in a demanding competition between Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME)

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Merville Battery

As part of the initial D-Day invasion of the 6 June 1944, the Battle of Merville Gun Battery was a British-led attempt to take over and destroy German artillery that threatened the main landing for

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Airborne medics go underground to survive, Ex Mirabilis Serpent 2024

Airborne medics have gone into the “cold, dark, damp, claustrophobic, and dirty” underground as they look to apply lessons from Ukrain

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Transcription of interview with Sgt AS Reynolds for Cornelius Ryan in 1967

The Reader’s Digest Association Limited, 25 Berkeley Square, London W1.

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Elephant Point

On 1st May 1945 a composite Gurkha Parachute Battalion from the 44th Indian Airborne Division conducted a successful parachute assault upon Elephant Point at the mouth of the Rangoon River in Burma

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Armstrong Whitworth Albermarle

The Albemarle was a twin-engine transport aircraft

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Airborne logisticians train on the beach, December 2024

A dull and drizzly morning (Thu 12 Dec) did not dampen spirits as 13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (13 AASR) headed to Mersea Island for a festive session of physical training a

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Airborne Forces Association of West Australia

Paratroopers lay up Colours in St Peters Church, Colchester, November 2024

Appendix ‘E’ of the 1st Parachute Squadron, RE War Diary for February 1943

Rome War Cemetery

Newspaper Report. 'Kirkcaldy Officer Killed In Action'

Afghanistan Trust

2nd Parachute Brigade HQ and Defence Platoon. WAR DIARY. Dec. 1943

DURNBACH CWGC CEMETERY, GERMANY. BURIAL DETAILS

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Appx IV. DIARY OF OPERATION, NORTH ITALY FOR COLLECTION AND GUIDING OF ESCAPED ALLIED PoW. Sgt. HWJ Guest ‘R’ Coy, 1 Para Bn.

Guards Parachute Association

The LCpl James McCue Trophy, Airborne Craftsmen put to the test November 2024

Merville Battery

Airborne medics go underground to survive, Ex Mirabilis Serpent 2024

Transcription of interview with Sgt AS Reynolds for Cornelius Ryan in 1967

Elephant Point

Armstrong Whitworth Albermarle

Airborne logisticians train on the beach, December 2024

Pte F Shedd, left, with pals of the 3rd Battalion, 1945.

Fred Shedd in the 1990s.

Lance Corporal Ray Sheriff, date unknown.

presentation of the Craven Cup by Major Craven, c1979.

members 6th Field force c1980.

Members of 44 Parachute Ordnance Field Park RAOC, c1978.

A Staghound Armoured Car with members of 3rd, The King's Own Hussars in Palestine, date unknown.

A Staghound Armoured Car in Haifa, Palestine, with members of 3rd, The King's Own Hussars, date unknown.

Members of 3rd, The King's Own Hussars on a Daimler Dingo on the Trans Jordan Frontier, date unknown.

Members of 3rd, The King's Own Hussars with a Staghound at Besian Police Station, date unknown.

Lancashire Lads Trek Across Cyprus, press release on Ptes Farnworth and Mercer, 2 PARA, 1959.

Soldiers and students prepare together for international crisis, 11 June 2013.

Apache squadron celebrates 70 years, 10 June 2013.

Apache squadron celebrates 70 years, 10 June 2013.

Maj Lewis, OC 656 Sqn with Second World War veteran Vince Weaver, 10 June 2013.

Pte Dawson during training, date unknown.

Alfie Holland and Hugh Grant guarding an EOKA hide in Kyrenia, 1958.

Hugh Grant and Arthur Liles celebrating passing Recruit Company, September 1957.

C Company, 1 PARA in The Havelock Arms in Aldershot, c 1958.

L/Cpl Zdzislaw Galasiak, 10 September 1945.

L/Cpl Galasiak, on right, with a comrade in Tel Aviv, 1942.

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