Group Photograph of Defence Platoon, 1st Parachute Brigade, 1944.

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Back Row: L/Cpl ? Rodgers, Pte Thomas Prosho, Pte ? Allen, Pte ‘Ossie’ Faney, Cpl ‘Bill’ Douglas, Cpl ‘Buster’ Perry, Pte ? Willoughby and Cpl ‘Nobber’ Perks.

3rd Row: Pte ? Morgan, Pte George King, Pte Tom Wakeling, Pte ? Robertson, Pte ? Wood, Pte ? Eves, Pte ? Gower, Pte ? Greenfield, Pte Ronald Stephenson, Pte ‘Paddy’ O’Brien, Pte George Gull, Pte ? Potts, Cpl ‘Ted’ Warren, Pte ? Ellis and Cpl ? Ward.

2nd Row: Pte ? Day, Pte ‘Taffy’ Hale, Pte ? Barhan, Pte William ‘Geordie’ Williamson, Sgt ‘Bill’ Young, Lt J P Barnett, Pte ? Miller, Pte ? Reid, Pte ‘Wilf’ Worthington, Pte ? Botton and L/Cpl ‘Bill’ Whittaker

Front Row: Pte Alfred V Dann, L/Cpl ‘Taffy’ Hamer, \Pte ? Wright, Pte ‘Mickey’ Lamont, Pte ? Townsend, ‘Pte Alexander Anderson, Cpl Michael D Pearson, Pte William ‘Willie’ Dunbar and Pte ? Hilton.

Mascots: ‘Joey the Owl’ and ‘Sandy the Dog’

Names supplied by ‘Bill’ Whittaker, Defence Platoon, 1st Para Brigade HQ.