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AA Men of No 3 Platoon, R Company, 1st Parachute Battalion armed with Bren gun and No. 4 rifles defend a large shell hole.
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Men of No 3 Platoon, R Company, 1st Parachute Battalion armed with Bren gun and No. 4 rifles defend a large shell hole.

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OS E-Section, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, R.A. Arnhem, Holland, 17 September 1944.
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E-Section, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, R.A. Arnhem, Holland, 17 September 1944.

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AA Officers of No 1 Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment, confer near Arnhem, 18 September 1944.
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Officers of No 1 Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment, confer near Arnhem, 18 September 1944.

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Airborne 6 Pounder of 1st Bn Border Regiment, in Action, Arnhem, 1944
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Airborne 6 Pounder of 1st Bn Border Regiment, in Action, Arnhem, 1944

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Survivors 1st Airborne Division at Nijmegen, 26 September 1944.

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Colour photo of an RAF Chinook with a land rover underslung delivering into a jungle environment
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Land Rover WMIKs being delivered by Chinook, Op Barras, Sierra Leone, 10 September 2000

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Colour photo of 6 Paras talking whilst wearing camo uniform with a jungle background
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members of 1 PARA preparing to move out, Op Barras, Sierra Leone, 10 September 2000

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OS Group photo of members of 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion, early 1946.
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Group photo of members of 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion, early 1946.

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Colour photo of Paras moving along a road with a jungle background
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Members of 1 PARA move forward, Op Barras, Sierra Leone, 10 September 2000

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Colour photo of paras in camo looking to the camera inside a chinook helicopter
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Members of 1 PARA in a Chinook, Op Barras, Sierra Leone, 10 September 2000

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Three members of A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Italy, 1943.
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Three members of A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Italy, 1943.

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Colour photo of Paras in camo uniforms taking cover by a building
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Paras move into cover, Op Barras, Sierra Leone, 10 September 2000

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Mike Jackson (right) with SACEUR Bernard Rogers (centre) and Major Kennans during Exercise Viper, Norway 1986
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Mike Jackson (right) with SACEUR Bernard Rogers (centre) and Major Kennans during Exercise Viper, Norway 1986

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OS Members of 12 Platoon, 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion. date unknown.
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Members of 12 Platoon, 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion. date unknown.

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Newspaper clipping explaining why General Jackson went by 'Mike' instead of 'Michael'
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Newspaper clipping explaining why General Jackson went by 'Mike' instead of 'Michael'

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Mike Jackson making an appreciation of the landscape during Exercise Viper Norway 1985
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Mike Jackson making an appreciation of the landscape during Exercise Viper Norway 1985

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Mike Jackson with B Coy's Major Bashall and Lt Col Shaw at Drumcree Church, NI June 1999
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Mike Jackson with B Coy's Major Bashall and Lt Col Shaw at Drumcree Church, NI June 1999

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Mike Jackson photograph from his final days in Iraq
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Mike Jackson photograph from his final days in Iraq

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Mike Jackson atop a car leaving Banja Luka when he was GOC of IFOR's MND Southwest
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Mike Jackson atop a car leaving Banja Luka when he was GOC of IFOR's MND Southwest

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Mike Jackson leaving Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), when he was GOC of IFOR's Multi National Division Southwest
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Mike Jackson leaving Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), when he was GOC of IFOR's Multi National Division Southwest

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Cartoon of Mike Jackson from his time as leader of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in Kosovo, 1999
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Cartoon of Mike Jackson from his time as leader of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in Kosovo, 1999

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Mike Jackson surrounded by press while he was IFOR's MND SW Commander
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Mike Jackson surrounded by press while he was IFOR's MND SW Commander

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Major General Mike Jackson photo featured in an interview in 2005
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Major General Mike Jackson photo featured in an interview in 2005

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Major General Mike Jackson and Lieutenant General Pike outside IFOR's Multi-National Division South West HQ (Bosnia), when Mike was its GOC
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Major General Mike Jackson and Lieutenant General Pike outside IFOR's Multi-National Division South West HQ (Bosnia), when Mike was its GOC

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