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Shell and small arms damage clearly evident on the HMIS Hindustan after the incident, February 1946
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Shell and small arms damage clearly visible on the HMIS Hindustan after the incident, February 1946

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A view of the damage to the central section of HMIS Hindustan after the incident, February 1946
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A view of the damage to the central section of HMIS Hindustan after the incident, February 1946

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Group photograph of No 1 Assault Company, 15th (Kings) Parachute Battalion, Karachi, India, 1946
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Group photograph of No 1 Assault Company, 15th (Kings) Parachute Battalion, Karachi, India, 1946

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Soldiers from 15th (Kings) Parachute Battalion attempt to recover a crashed Jeep, India, 1946
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Soldiers from 15th (Kings) Parachute Battalion attempt to recover a crashed Jeep, India, 1946

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Group photograph of Support Company, 15th (Kings) Parachute Battalion, India, 1945

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Members of Assault Company, 15th (Kings) Parachute Battalion with the Battalion flag, India, 1946
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Members of Assault Company, 15th (Kings) Parachute Battalion with the Battalion flag, India, 1946

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15th Battalion march past the C-in-C, Gen Sir Claude Auchinlek, Bilaspur, India, April 1946
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15th (Kings) Parachute Battalion march past the C-in-C, Gen Sir Claude Auchinlek, Bilaspur, India, April 1946

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Group photo of members of Rodney Platoon, C Company, 2 PARA on camp, Cyprus, 1959

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Group photo of paratroopers, possibly a Platoon of Battalion HQ, 9th Essex Parachute Battalion, 1940s
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Group photo of paratroopers, possibly a Platoon of Battalion HQ, 9th Essex Parachute Battalion, 1940s

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John Alcock seated outside a tented camp, 3rd Para Bn, Cyprus, c1956.

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RSM Alcock enjoys a 3 PARA Tramps Ball at Aldershot, c.1956-7.

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Soldiers from 3 PARA instructing an Afghan Soldier on the GPMG, Afghanistan, 2011

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Commander-in-Chief Gen Sir Claude Auchinlek inspects the 15th (Kings) Battalion, Bilaspur, India, April 1946
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Commander-in-Chief Gen Sir Claude Auchinlek inspects the 15th (Kings) Battalion, Bilaspur, India, April 1946

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Commander-in-Chief Gen Sir Claude Auchinlek completes his inspection of 15th (Kings) Battalion, Bilaspur, India, April 1946
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Commander-in-Chief Gen Sir Claude Auchinlek completes his inspection of 15th (Kings) Battalion, Bilaspur, India, April 1946

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Field Marshal Lord Montgomery arrives on a Dakota to inspect 15th (Kings) Battalion, Mauripur, India, June 1946
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Field Marshal Lord Montgomery arrives on a Dakota to inspect 15th (Kings) Battalion, Mauripur, India, June 1946

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Field Marshal Montgomery inspects 15th (Kings) Battalion, Mauripur, India, June 1946
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Field Marshal Montgomery inspects 15th (Kings) Battalion, Mauripur, India, June 1946

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Field Marshal Montgomery is greeted on arrival at Mauripur ahead of 15th (Kings) Battalion inspection, India, 1946
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Field Marshal Montgomery is greeted on arrival at Mauripur ahead of 15th (Kings) Battalion inspection, India, 1946

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Field Marshal Montgomery inspects the 15th (Kings) Battalion, Mauripur, India, June 1946
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Field Marshal Montgomery inspects the 15th (Kings) Battalion, Mauripur, India, June 1946

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Memorial in to the men killed on Op Freshman, Eiganes Churchyard, Norway
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Memorial in to the men killed on Op Freshman, Eiganes Churchyard, Norway

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Gravestones of Airborne casualties of Op Freshman buried in Eiganes Churchyard, Stavanger, Norway, 2010
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Gravestones of Airborne casualties from Op Freshman buried in Eiganes Churchyard, Stavanger, Norway, 2010.

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Group photo of No 1 (Guards) Independent Parachute Coy, Pirbright, 1963
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Group photo of No 1 (Guards) Independent Parachute Coy, Pirbright, 1963

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