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OS Sigmn RC Wiles Newspaper cutting, 29 Mar 1946
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Sigmn RC Wiles Newspaper cutting, 29 Mar 1946

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OS Peter McKnight with 'Monty' conducting an inspection
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Peter McKnight with 'Monty' conducting an inspection

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OS Lewis Collins newspaper cutting
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Lewis Collins newspaper cutting 'Paras sack TV star'

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OS Members of 12/13 Battalion V who passed SAS selection to serve in 23 SAS V
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Members of 12/13 Battalion V who passed SAS selection to serve in 23 SAS V

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OS John Mallon Hamilton was born on the 5 March 1918, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [1] Enlisted into The Royal Warwickshire Regiment on the 9 March 1936. [2] He was serving with the 1st Bn, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment in India in 1942, when he volunteered for Airborne Forces and joined the 151 Parachute Battalion at New Delhi. He did Parachute Course no 24, which started on the 16 August 1942, and completed the required number of parachute descents to qualify as an Army Parachutist. [3] As a member
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Pte JM Hamilton temporary war grave Arnhem Oosterbeek Cemetery Sept 1949

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