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Ronald Brooker's personal account of his experiences during Op Market Garden

6354463. Trooper. Ron Brooker. D-Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron.

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Revesby Abbey

Revesby Abbey served as the Headquarters for the 1st Airlanding Brigade during the Second World War.

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RSM Herbert D "Nobby" Arnold biography

WO 1 (RSM) HERBERT DOUGLAS (NOBBY) ARNOLD First Service Number: 14458239 Second Service Number: 22813442 Born: 30th April 1927 60 Cordite Street, Woolwich

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RMS Strathallan sinking a personal account by Bill Aldcroft

Having finished our Parachute Training and now assigned to C Company the 2nd Parachute Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, who were at the time taking part in the invasion of

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Representatives of The 1st Polish Airborne Brigade visit to Airborne Assault

Representatives of The 1st Polish Airborne Brigade visit to Airborne Assault 28 January 2023.

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OS 3 Para in training September 2022 RAF Bawdsey

Radar Station raid takes paratrooper back to the future

Paratroopers have gone back to the future, looking to their regimental history and Suffolk’s military heritage to train for potential missions as the British Army’s global r

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RHQ Regimental Colonels

July 1955 - Oct 1957 Colonel H B Coxen, DSO, MC (Vic) Oct 1957

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Report on Recce in force into GIOIA by ‘B’ Coy 10 Bn The Parachute Regt, on the night 15/16 Sept.

SECRET . Appx E2. Report on Recce in force into GIOIA by ‘B’ Coy

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Report on Recce in force into GIOIA by ‘B’ Coy 10 Bn The Parachute Regt, on the night 15/16 Sept.

SECRET . Appx E2. Report on Recce in force into GIOIA by ‘B’ Coy

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Radfan

A concerted operation involving 3 PARA, 45 Commando and Federal troops to capture the Dhanaba Basin, a Radfan tribal stronghold, began at the end of April 1964. 3 PARA lost two killed and several wounded clearing the fort and village buildings at El Naquil in concert with 45 Commando.

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Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

By late January 1945, the Germans' Ardennes offensive was finally defeated. It had been a costly episode for both sides, but more so for the Germans, who now had to retreat across the Rhine greatly weakened and "in no condition to hold fast even in these positions".

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RMAS Drill with the Self Loading Rifle, Photographs, September, 1959.

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WW2 RAF Parachute Jump Instructor (Until November 1945)

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RAF Parachute Jump Instructors' Insignia (Until November 1945)

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RAF Parachute Jump Instructors' Insignia (From November 1945)

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RSM 'Dusty' Miller with a lady, Bulford, 1945.

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Remembrance at the 'Arnhem Tree’ in Alexandra Palace Park, 22 September 1961.

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Regimental team, 285 (Essex) Airborne Light Regiment RA (TA), 1951.

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Record of Service card for Pte Moore.

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Recce Platoon, 1 PARA, Oman, Date unknown.

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Robert Antony ‘Tony’ Leake, Corporal with the 8th Battalion The Parachute Regiment by Eileen Hogan

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Right facing Pegasus Flash

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Reworked Pegasus Flash

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Recruit Mark Herbert, Depot 1983.

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Reinterment of Dvr Kennell, Oosterbeek War Cemetery, September 2015

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Rangoon War Cemetery, October 2014.

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Rangoon War Cemetery, October 2014.

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Ray Sheriff and his wife, after another successful jump.

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RHQ PARA Regimental Welfare Logo

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Reply to Major Davidson from Spr Wolfe's father following his disappearance, July 1944.

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Ready to Jump. Possibly members the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion.

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Recruit cadre T104 February 1985

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Robert F E Evans

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Robert 'Bobby' Evans, 1941.

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Richy Clatworthy and Craig Iredale, B Coy 1 PARA, Yakima USA, 1996.

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Rifleman William Gordon c1940.

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Ron Goodwin, 6th (Welch) Para Bn, with his brother John on left, c1942.

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Ron Goodwin in Palestine or Egypt, c1946.

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Right, Sgt Ron Goodwin, 6th (Welch) Bn, at Regimental Police Post, Palestine.

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Rick Cross, Paul Mort and Mark Fletcher, Aldershot, 1981.

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Richard Fry, MC receiving his Légion D'Honneur, 2016.

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Ronald Brooker's personal account of his experiences during Op Market Garden

Revesby Abbey

RSM Herbert D "Nobby" Arnold biography

RMS Strathallan sinking a personal account by Bill Aldcroft

Representatives of The 1st Polish Airborne Brigade visit to Airborne Assault

Radar Station raid takes paratrooper back to the future

RHQ Regimental Colonels

Report on Recce in force into GIOIA by ‘B’ Coy 10 Bn The Parachute Regt, on the night 15/16 Sept.

Report on Recce in force into GIOIA by ‘B’ Coy 10 Bn The Parachute Regt, on the night 15/16 Sept.

Radfan

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

RMAS Drill with the Self Loading Rifle, Photographs, September, 1959.

RAF Parachute Jump Instructors' Insignia (Until November 1945)

RAF Parachute Jump Instructors' Insignia (From November 1945)

RSM 'Dusty' Miller with a lady, Bulford, 1945.

Remembrance at the 'Arnhem Tree’ in Alexandra Palace Park, 22 September 1961.

Regimental team, 285 (Essex) Airborne Light Regiment RA (TA), 1951.

Record of Service card for Pte Moore.

Recce Platoon, 1 PARA, Oman, Date unknown.

Robert Antony ‘Tony’ Leake, Corporal with the 8th Battalion The Parachute Regiment by Eileen Hogan

Right facing Pegasus Flash

Reworked Pegasus Flash

Recruit Mark Herbert, Depot 1983.

Reinterment of Dvr Kennell, Oosterbeek War Cemetery, September 2015

Rangoon War Cemetery, October 2014.

Rangoon War Cemetery, October 2014.

Ray Sheriff and his wife, after another successful jump.

RHQ PARA Regimental Welfare Logo

Reply to Major Davidson from Spr Wolfe's father following his disappearance, July 1944.

Ready to Jump. Possibly members the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion.

Recruit cadre T104 February 1985

Robert F E Evans

Robert 'Bobby' Evans, 1941.

Richy Clatworthy and Craig Iredale, B Coy 1 PARA, Yakima USA, 1996.

Rifleman William Gordon c1940.

Ron Goodwin, 6th (Welch) Para Bn, with his brother John on left, c1942.

Ron Goodwin in Palestine or Egypt, c1946.

Right, Sgt Ron Goodwin, 6th (Welch) Bn, at Regimental Police Post, Palestine.

Rick Cross, Paul Mort and Mark Fletcher, Aldershot, 1981.

Richard Fry, MC receiving his Légion D'Honneur, 2016.

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