Three officers of A Coy, 2nd Parachute Battalion, stand in the Beja area of Tunisia, 1943.

Three officers of 1st and 2nd Parachute Battalion stand in the Beja area of Tunisia.
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Capt R Stark (later S Company 1 Para Bn) Lt Brayley, Maj R Ashford (later killed in action) 1943

Source: Courtesy of IWM. Negative number NA351

Related People

Richard Ashford

Related Units

2nd Parachute Battalion

Latest Comments

Harvey Grenville said:
At the time of the photo Capt. Stark (as he was then) was with 2 Para. (According to John Timothy and Robert Peatling.)
Paul Press said:
This photo was taken on 26.12.42 (not in 1943), as stated on the reverse of the original held at the IWM (Catalogue Reference NA351: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205129368).
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