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1 Airborne Recon newsletter No 32 February 1991

The following article was in the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron Newsletter, No 32, February 1991.

4th Parachute Battalion Wartime Honours and Awards

4th Parachute Battalion

223rd Anti-Tank Battery, RA, later the 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA November 1938 – April 1943

223rd Anti-Tank Battery, RA, later the 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA

1st Airborne Recce Accounts mentioning Trooper Bolton

Monday, 18th September 1944.

16 Parachute Field Ambulance War Diary Sep 1944-Nov 1944

16th Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC

133 Parachute Field Ambulance War Diary January 1945

133rd Parachute Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C.

1944-45 ENGLAND - ARNHEM - GERMANY – ENGLAND. by Stanley Holden

1944-45. ENGLAND - ARNHEM - GERMANY – ENGLAND. by Stanley Holden.

Citation CSM John S Williams 2 Para April 1965.

Borneo: In the early morning of the 27 April 1965, Company Sergeant Major Williams was in his Company base defended only by the Company HQ, a Mortar Section and weak Platoon of young soldiers, when

Cartoons

A vast amount of cartoons depicting the Paras have been drawn over the years.  On the right you will see a collection of these cartoons deemed suitable for the public eye. 

5 (HSF) Coy. 10th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment.

1982 - 1991

Central Landing Establishment

1st Parachute Battalion War Diary Appendix 3 Balloon Training Nov 1941

1st PARACHUTE BATTALION. WAR DIARY. APPX (3) COPY. 1 PBd/E/26.G SECRET. STANDING ORDERS FOR PARACHUTE DROPPING FROM BALLOON.

2nd Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (TA) Roll of Honour

  3451196. Gunner. James HILL. Age 22.

2nd Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (TA) War Diary

Commanding Officer: Major. W.A.H. Rowat, R.A.

Colchester Garrison Show June 2022

The soldiers of the British Army’s global response force were the stars of a show to celebrate Armed Forces Day in Essex.

7 Bn War Diary Nov - Dec 1942

7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion. WAR DIARY. November – December 1942.

Cromwell Weir Tragedy 1975

A memorial to the men of 300 Troop of 131 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers (V), who died on a night Exercise "Trent Chase" on 28 of September 1975.

10th Bn War Diary September 1943 Italy

10th Parachute Battalion. War Diary.

2nd (Oban) Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery, War Diary by Lt E H Ellis.

2nd (Oban) Air Landing Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery. WAR DIARY. Month and year: September 1944 Commanding Officer: Major A.F. Haynes, R.A.

Cornelius Ryan interview with John G Blunt

In checking official army records, we understand that you may have participated in either the land or airborne assault of Holland in September, 1944.

4th Parachute Battalion Commanding Officers

Commanding Officers:4th Parachute Battalion 1942           Lt Col MR Hope-Thompson MC 1942-3        Lt Col JA Dene

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion Commanding Officers, 1942-45

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion Commanding Officers: