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Men of 1st Battalion Border Regiment marching off from Church Parade, July 1943
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Men of 1st Battalion Border Regiment marching off from Church Parade, July 1943

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Men of the Border Regiment demonstrate method of unloading equipment from a Waco Glider. June/July 1943.
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Men of the Border Regiment demonstrate method of unloading equipment from a Waco Glider. June/July 1943.

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Men of the Border Regiment demonstrate method of unloading equipment from a Waco glider. June/July 1943.
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Men of the Border Regiment demonstrate method of unloading equipment from a Waco glider. June/July 1943.

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Men of the Border Regiment demonstrate method of unloading equipment from a Waco glider. June/July 1943.
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Men of the Border Regiment demonstrate method of unloading equipment from a Waco glider. June/July 1943.

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Men of the Border Regiment demonstrate method of unloading equipment from a Waco glider. June/July 1943.
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Men of the Border Regiment demonstrate method of unloading equipment from a Waco glider. June/July 1943.

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Mike Lewis, late 2nd Parachute Battalion, at the memorial in the Red
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Mike Lewis, late 2nd Parachute Battalion, at the memorial in the 'Red Valley' (Tamera Valley).

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Map of North Africa showing landing zones of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Parachute Battalions.
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Map of North Africa showing landing zones of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Parachute Battalions, 1942.

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Men of 3 PARA in Nicosia, Cyprus beside the Hastings aircraft that will drop them at El Gamil airfield.
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Men of 3 PARA in Nicosia, Cyprus beside the Hastings aircraft that will drop them at El Gamil airfield.

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Men emplaning onto a Wellington for their first jumps. November, 1942.
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Men emplaning onto a Wellington for their first jumps, India, November 1942.

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Men from No. 1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack parachutes.
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Men from No. 1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack parachutes.

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Men from No. 1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack parachutes.
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Men from No. 1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack parachutes.

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Men from No.1 Indian Air Company squat on teh floor outdoors and pack loads for dropping.
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Men from No.1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack loads for dropping.

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Men from a parachute course in 1945 pose for the camera with their girlfriend's names written on their hats.

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Men of 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Sqn securing crossroads near Wolfheze. PIAT gun in foreground.
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Men of 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Sqn securing crossroads near Wolfheze. PIAT gun in foreground.

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