The following information is provided to help you use ParaData.

Site Structure

ParaData is divided into four main sections - "Equipment and Weaponry", "Units and Organisations", "Timeline and Events" and "People". Content (such as the profiles of those who have served, or documents and videos) is linked between these sections wherever relevant, meaning it is available from multiple places. For example, an operation in the Timeline section will link to those who served, and these individual "People" profiles, will have links to the operation in the Timeline. Media items, such as documents and photographs, which are relevant to both an operation and an individual will be accessible from both sections.

Media Players

When you click on 'audio' on an event, person, unit or article an audio player will display, or a choice of audio recordings will be provided which will take you to an audio player on selection. The title of the audio piece will display on the player. In order to play the audio please click on the arrow found in the centre of the player. The buttons to the left and right skip backwards and forward, and a slider control is provided below to alter the volume.

When you click on 'video' on an event, person, unit or article a video player will display, or a choice of videos will be provided which will take you to a video player on selection. The video will begin playing automatically, but can be paused or restarted by clicking the button in the centre of the player. The buttons to the left and right skip backwards and forward, and a slider control is provided below to alter the volume. It is also possible to enlarge the video to a full screen view by clicking the expand button at the bottom left of the player. The normal view can be returned to by clicking 'Leave full screen'.

Enlarging Documents

Many of the documents are images of material from the Airborne Assault Museum archive.  The text can be difficult to read at the current image size.  A zoom feature to improve legibility is available, and can be accessed by clicking the plus sign at the the bottom right of a document, or simple clicking on the document itself.

In this view, the document can be zoomed in and out of with the plus and minus signs, and scrolled left, right, up and down with the arrows. The sign to the bottom right allows the original zoom view to be returned to. It is also possible to click and drag the document to move it.  Some purchasable documents have add the zoom feature removed.

Purchasing Imagery

ParaData allows photographs and documents to be ordered for download.

Premium Friends Membership

By joining The Friends Scheme for £15 per year, you can access additional material. This includes copies of the Pegaus journals, historic documents and imagery.  All the funds raised from the donation of £15 for the Friends scheme allows us to continue our work here.

Creating a profile

To add a profile to the "People" section of ParaData for yourself or a relative, please contact the ParaData team: enquiries@paradata.org.uk

You will need full name, rank, service number and as much information as possible to help us search the archives and to create a verified profile.  Please send as much imagery as you can, as small details from photographs can add a lot of information.

Enquiries:

Generic enquiries, eg opening times, offer of donation of objects etc can be sent in for free here

For historical enquiries, eg information on a campaign, person or unit, a charge is payable.  These enquiries can be made here