7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion

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Group Portrait of 7th Parachute Battalion, April 1944

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Group Portrait of 7th Parachute Battalion, November 1944

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Gliders at Pegasus Bridge (June 1944)

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Three paratroopers including Col Pine Coffin stand outside battalion HQ at Calle.

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Group portrait 7th Bn (LI), The Parachute Regiment, Bulford 1943-4

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Winners, Divisional Rugby Championship, 1944

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Group photo of soldiers from 7th (LI) Parachute Battalion

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Private Royal Butterwood, (in full uniform, left), possibly Java or India.

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This is also from Tommy's own collection.

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Bernard Taylor with friends in Singapore, 22 Oct 1945

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Taylor, Ethel, Issacs and Ward in Serembam, Malaya, 1945

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'Ritterby' Ritterband and Puddiford of 7th (LI) Para Bn on a beach in the Far East c1946

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The farm where Pte Harold Smollan was buried in the garden until 1956, date unknown.

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Rev. G Parry Grave in Normandy

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Poem 'The lost Battalion', by Tom Gould

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Members of 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, Palestine.

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Members of 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, date unknown.

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Palestine - a photograph from my Fathers collection

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Unknown member of 7th Para Bn, Palestine.

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Centre: Pte George Davies with two unknown members of 7th Para Bn, date unknown.

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Postcard from Pte Kelly, South East Asian Command, December 1945

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7th Para Bn War Diary. Oct 1945.

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7th Para Bn War Diary. Oct 1945.

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7th Battalion Wireless Logs from 6 June to 7 July 1944

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Members of 7th (Light) Parachute Bn

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Lt R Todd 7 Para Bn Bulford. Circa 1944

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Lt's. Tony Bowler & Richard Todd. 7 Para Bn. Wales, just before D.Day 1944

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Lt's. Tony Bowler & Richard Todd. 7 Para Bn. Wales, just before D.Day 1944

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News Of The World article. June 1994

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OS 7 Para Bn. War Diary. Off's Return. Jan 1945

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7 Para Bn. War Diary Off's Return Jan 1945

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AA Pte J Montgomery Reported as Missing Letter.

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Pte J Montgomery Reported as Missing Letter.

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AA Pte JA Montgomery National ID Card

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Pte JA Montgomery National ID Card

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AA Pte J Montgomery Pay Book 1

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Pte J Montgomery Pay Book

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AA Sidney Cornell November 1944

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Sidney Cornell November 1944

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OS Nick Archdale

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Nick Archdale

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OS 7 Para Bn. War Diary. Nov 1942 1

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7 Para Bn. War Diary. Nov - Dec 1942

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OS JW Bateman Normandy 1944

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Pte JW Bateman Normandy 1944

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OS Cpl Harold Skelton Taken from 2Pln “A” Coy photo Spring 1944

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Cpl Harold Skelton Taken from 2Pln “A” Coy photo Spring 1944

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John EP Hutching grave stone

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Sgt JP McCambridge’s Winners Shooting Award from 1948 in Aldershot

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OS Lt Shane Brendan Kearney serving with The Royal Irish 2nd from the left wearing the Caubeen

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Lt Shane Brendan Kearney serving with The Royal Irish wearing the Caubeen.

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Headstone of Lt JC Pape Holten War Cemetery, August 2011

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OS Pte Arthur P Wood

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Pte Arthur P Wood

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Private Leslie Jenner and men of 7th Bn. relaxing

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Private Leslie Jenner and men of 7th Bn. relaxing

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Men of 7th Bn. on exercise in Palestine

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Men of 7th Bn. on exercise in Palestine

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Private Private Leslie Jenner sitting for a photo in Palestine

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Private Leslie Jenner sitting for a photo in Palestine

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Private Leslie Jenner taking a bath in Palestine

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Private Leslie Jenner taking a bath in Palestine

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Private Leslie Jenner smoking a pipe in Palestine with a friend

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Private Leslie Jenner smoking a pipe in Palestine with a friend

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Leslie Jenner (bottom right) with men of 7th Bn in Palestine

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Leslie Jenner (bottom right) with men of 7th Bn in Palestine

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Leslie Jenner (Left) with men of 7th Bn. in Palestine

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Leslie Jenner (Left) with men of 7th Bn. in Palestine

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Leslie Jenner (crouching) by the roadside with men of 7th Bn.

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Leslie Jenner (crouching) by the roadside with men of 7th Bn.

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Leslie Jenner (centre) with 2 men of 7th Bn. in Palestine

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Leslie Jenner (centre) with 2 men of 7th Bn. in Palestine

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Private Leslie Jenner standing in front of a truck with a friend in Palestine

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Private Leslie Jenner standing in front of a truck with a friend in Palestine

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Private Leslie Jenner swimming with friends from 7th Bn. in Palestine

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Private Leslie Jenner swimming with friends from 7th Bn. in Palestine

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OS Missing aircraft No.154 Normandy

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Missing aircraft No.154 Normandy

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Normandy Stick list Chalk 152

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Normandy Stick list Chalk 152

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OS Stick List 7th Para Bn Varsity

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Stick List 7th Para Bn Varsity

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Impending release Form for Ronald Perry

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AA 7th Para Bn bugle

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Bugle carried by Ken Westcroft in Normandy June 1944

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OS Christopher F Sutton wear Para Cap Badge

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Christopher F Sutton

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Frank Turian with members of Somerset Light Infantry, 1940

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Col Pine-Coffin escorting the King & Queen during an inspection of 7 Bn 1943

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Col Pine-Coffin escorting the King & Queen during an inspection of 7 Bn, 1943

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Mortar Platoon 7th (L.I) bTN mARCH 1943 Hardwick Hall

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Mortar Platoon, HQ Coy, 7th (LI) Para Bn Hardwick Hall March 1943

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Members C Coy May 1943. ?, Topper Smith, Lt Woodman, Capt Bartlett, G.Orford, G. Brown

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Members C Coy, 7th (LI) Para Bn, May 1943.

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William Hek on left

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Soldiers from 7th (Light Infantry) Bn, c.1944

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Military Medal Citation for W/Sgt Ernest Lucas, 7th (LI) Para Bn, Normandy 1944.

Citation for award of Bar to Military Medal for Sgt Lucas, 7th (LI) Para Bn, Normandy 1944.

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Capt F Vere Hodge, MC, observing naval shelling, June 1944.

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Orbat for 7th (LI) Parachute Battalion, 6 June 1944.

Account of the operation carried out by A Company, 7th Bn (LI) The Parachute Regiment on 6 June 1944.

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7th Parachute Battalion in Normandy, 1944.

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7th Parachute Battalion in Normandy, 1944.

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Bernard Taylor in the Far East, circa 1945

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Taylor on Parade in Singapore with 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, 1945

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Men of 7th Parachute Battalion searching buildings, circa 1945

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Major 'Tiger' Reid, Officer Commanding B Coy, 7th (LI) Para Bn c1945

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Frank Long on left, Singapore 1945

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Two members of 7th (LI) Para Bn Singapore 1945

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Three members of 7th (LI) Para Bn, Far East, 1945.

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An Avenger crew in Germany c 1945

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Soldiers from 7th (LI) Para Bn c1945

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Two soldiers from 7th (LI) Para Bn c 1945/46

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Members of 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion in the Far East c1945

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Marching Japanese Prisoners of War c1945

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Citation for the award of Capt Vere Hodge's Mention in Despatches, 1945.

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Members of the 7th (LI) Bn in Germany, 1945.

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Machine Gun Platoon, HQ Coy, 7th (LI) Para Bn March 1945

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The Neustadt bridge following Royal Engineers' repairs, 9 April 1945

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A British soldier examines captured Messerchmitts at Wunstorf Airfield, 1945

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A captured Junkers Ju 88G aircraft in a hangar at Wunstorf airfield, April 1945

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Neustadt bridge following Royal Engineers' repairs, 9 April 1945

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Field burial site for members of B Coy 7 Para Bn killed at Neustadt bridge, April 1945

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Field burial site for members of B Coy 7 Para Bn killed at Neustadt bridge, April 1945

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Neustadt bridge after the Royal Engineers' repairs 9 April 1945

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Road repairs being carried out by Royal Engineers, near Moordorf, 18 April 1945.

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Group photograph of officers decorated by Field Marshal Montgomery, Lüneburg Heath Germany, 1945.

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Bernard Taylor in Bombay with friends, July 1945

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Military Cross Citation for Major 'Tiger' Reid 1945

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Seaborne landings made by the 7th and 12th Parachute Battalions on the Morib beaches, 1945.

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Men of 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion on parade in Singapore, Dec 1945

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Bernard Taylor in Batavia, Java, Dec 1945

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Taylor watching game of football in Semerang, Java, 1946

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Men of 7th Parachute Battalion in Semerang, Java, 1946

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Taylor on leave in Egypt, 1946

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Men of 7th Parachute Battalion outside tented accomodation, Palestine, 1946

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Taylor with friends in Palestine, 1946

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Taylor in Palestine with friends from 7th Parachute Battalion, 1946

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Sgt McCormick with friends in Kuala Lumpar, 1946

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A Corporal of 7th (LI) Para Bn, Far East c1946.

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Puddiford, 'Ritterby' Ritterband and Johnny Johnstone of 7th (LI) Para Bn on a beach in the Far East c1946

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Two members of 7th (LI) Para Bn on a beach in the Far East, c1946.

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Malaya 1946. From Frank Long's album

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A Sgt of 7th (LI) Parachute Battalion

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Members of 7th (LI) Parachute Battalion in the Far East c1946

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Pte TW Gould in Malaya 1946

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Three NCOs of 7th (LI) Para Bn Far East c1946

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An unidentified soldier of 7th (LI) Para Bn c1946

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A member of 7th (LI) Para Bn, probably C Coy, c1946.

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Solo portrait of a soldier from 7th (LI) Para Bn c1946

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Pte Johnstone of 7th (LI) Para Bn c 1946

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Solo portrait of a soldier from 7th (LI) Para Bn c 1946

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Members of 7th (LI) Para Bn pose for a group shot in front of an RAF Dakota c 1945/6

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Frank Long of 7th (LI) Para Bn in Kuala Kangsar 1946

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Allen 'Wally' Walpole from 7th (LI) Para Bn in the Far East 1945/46

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9 Platoon C Coy 7th (LI) Para Bn Semarang 1946

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Palastine - Ted 3rd left top row

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Members of 3 Platoon, A Company of 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, Palestine, c1946.

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Members of 7th Para Bn in Palestine, c1946.

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Military Cross citation for Captain Eric G Woodman

Letter from L/Cpl Ron Worthington describing conditions in Semarang 3 April 1946

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On leave in Egypt with friends, September 1946

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The Team, Taylor with friends, Palestine, October 1946

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Pte Pendlebury jumping from a Dakota at RAF Aqir, Palestine, July 1947.

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6th Airborne Div Soccer Final Winners receive a shield, Palestine, Winter 1947

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Former members of 6 Airborne Division commemorate the loss of comrades on Neustadt bridge, March 1986

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Former members of 5th Parachute Brigade, 1986

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Tony Lycett with other veterans of 7th Battalion at Benouville, 1996.

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Street in Benouville renamed for 7th (LI) Parachute Battalion, June 2000

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Wunstorf Aerodrome, 2005

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Wunstorf Aerodrome, 2005.

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7th Battalion memorial at the Lion Bridge Neustadt, August 2011

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Bob Hilton at the 7th Battalion memorial, Lion bridge Neustadt, August 2011

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Neustadt bridge, August 2011

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OS Grave of Sgt Ernest N Lambert, Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel

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Grave and burial of Sgt Ernest N Lambert, Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel

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