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CSM Knight’s account of the attack on Merville Battery.

We were to attack the Merville battery, a group of four massive concrete gun emplacements with full overhead cover, surrounded by a lot of barbed wire, an anti-tank ditch and a minefield.

A short biographical profile of Jim Ballantyne

James Marshall Ballantyne was born on the Rochsoles Estate in Glenmavis near Airdrie, Scotland, and moved to Clydebank in 1934 when his father was appointed as Head Gardener at the Singer factory.

6th Airborne Divisional Signals Establishment and Order of Battle 6 June 1944

Please note that the official war establishment (staffing and organisation) for an airborne unit was a guide for officers.

Pegasus Journal Obituary for Sid Knight MM

Sid was born in East Ham, London, on 24 March 1913.

The Chaplains at Arnhem

On 29 September 1944 the Church Times wrote of the sorrow and disappointment of the nation on hearing of the withdrawal of Airborne Forces from Arnhem.

Daniel McGowan MC - A personal tribute

Daniel McGowan, one-time Roman Catholic Padre to the 4th PARA Brigade, died peacefully in a nursing home near to his house in Yorkshire, on 8 July.

Obituary for Maj Gen Robert Goldsmith

Major General Robert Goldsmith, who has died aged 87, was Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Allied Airborne Army, in the closing stages of the Second World War and Chief of Staff, British troops in Egypt,

Taranto 1943

This is the story, as far as it can be told at present, of the private war carried out by the 1st Airborne Division from its landing at TARANTO on the 9th September until the war became organized u

Citation for Cpl M B J Baughan's Military Medal, London Gazette 10 December 1965.

11678 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 10TH DECEMBER 1965. Military Medal 23256793 Corporal Malcolm Brian Jack BAUGHAN The Parachute Regiment.

Steve's Story, the personal account of Pte Stephen Morgan at Arnhem.

Steve’s story. 1943 –1945 

Peter Adams' account of jump training at No 1 PTS RAF Abingdon, 1964.

As a cadet in the Cambridge University Officer Training Corps I applied for parachute training in lieu of summer camp.

A letter to Col Barlow's wife from Brigadier Hicks, October 1944.

H.Q. 1 Air Landing Bde. A.P.O. England Oct 4.

A biography of Brigadier Pip Hicks

Philip Hugh Whitby Hicks was born on 25 September 1895 in Warwick to Dr Philip Hicks and the novelist Beatrice Whitby.

Daily Telegraph obituary for Frank Carson, 2012.

Frank Carson, who has died aged 85, was Northern Ireland’s best known comedy export during the long, grim years of The Troubles, a standard-bearer for the province’s deep wellspring of native humou

Letter to wife of Colonel H N Barlow from Major General Urquhart, 7 October 1944.

HEADQUARTERS 1 AIRBORNE DIVISION A.P.O. England 7 Oct. 44. Dear Mrs Barlow,

Letter to widow of Colonel H N Barlow from Col John Waddy returning cigarette case, 4 Nov 1954.

Fir Cottage, Thibet Road, Sandhurst Berks. November 4th Dear Mrs Barlow,

Biographical article on Colonel Hilaro Barlow

Hilaro Barlow served as a Captain in the 2nd Somerset Light Infantry before the war.

Transcripts of letters regarding Col Hilaro Barlow

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Daily Telegraph Obituary for Lt Ted Pool MC

In the early hours of June 6 1944, Pool, a platoon commander serving with the 7th Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was dropped near Le Port, a small village close to what is now Pegasus Bridge.

Personal account of Lt Richard Fry MC Normandy

The three sections of No 3 Platoon A Company, 8th Para Bn, crossed the Normandy coast in separate Dakota aircraft each dropping a clutch of fifty pounders to suggest that they were on a bombing mis

Lance Bombardier David King's personal account of his military service, June 1999.

June 1999. Brief account of Army Service of Lance Bombardier David King, 15 April 1943 to 5 November 1946.

'My War', Richard G Wilson's account of his wartime service, 1986.

My War

P Company Test Week

P Coy Test Week is common to all three Pre-Parachute Selection (PPS) courses. Regular Parachute Regiment Recruits and All-Arms officers/soldiers undertake the same basic tests.

Lt Col Russell's personal account of the Battle of Arnhem from the Parachute 2 Club Newsletter, 1990.

“I shall probably never know why 7 Platoon became split up on the second day in Arnhem, as its Platoon Commander, the responsibility must rest with me.

The Battle for Hill 13, Putot en Auge, Normandy August 1944.

18th August 1944.Place: Bois de Bavent

Little Baldon Air Disaster airborne forces roll of honour

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A tribute to Paul Burns by Horseback UK

We have very sad news. Our friend and colleague Paul Burns has died. Paul was a regular volunteer and fund-raiser for HorseBack UK, but those words are not enough to describe him.

L/Cpl Percy Andrews life story

My Story Percy Williams Andrews.

Personal Account of Cpl Harold Bruce.

 A Diary of My Time at Arnhem September 1944. Ever after D-Day, the units of my division were ready for action.

T Force operation to Kiel

Hartenstein, Arnhem

The Hartenstein Hotel in Oosterbeek, on the western outskirts of Arnhem is one of the most iconic features of the Battle of Arnhem.

War Correspondents

Battle of Depienne

Oudna is a battle honour of The Parachute Regiment and took place in North Africa,

Battle of Bure

13th (Lancs) Parachute Battalion took part in what was described as 'one of the toughest battles of the campaign' for the village of Bure (during the Battle of the Bulge), to the south of Rochefort

Sports and activities

Portuguese Airborne Forces

Port Said

Prisoners of War (POW)

A Prisoner of War (commonly PoW, POW or PW) is a combatant who falls into captivity of their enemy in a combat situation.