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Colonel Paul Crook (left) and his tactical headquarters walk towards El Gamil airfield's control tower after dropping.

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Colonel Paul Crook and Tactical Headquarters walk towards El Gamil airfield's control tower after dropping.

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Private Palsen holds a horse leg bone to the camera near Cairo.

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Paratroopers conduct cordon and search in Cyprus, 1956.

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Outline Calendar of Events, August-December 1956.

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Report on the execution of Operation Musketeer.

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Letter from Brigadier Butler to Fleet Air Arm about gift of HMS Eagle flag.

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Paratroopers of A Company, 3 PARA move in to take the airport centre of El Gamil airfield while other men are still descending.

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Last of first lift of 3 PARA dropping on El Gamil airfield. Men are making for their RVs. November 5, 1956.

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Men of 3 PARA in Nicosia, Cyprus beside the Hastings aircraft that will drop them at El Gamil airfield.

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Corporal Tony Lowe wearing Arabian headgear in Cyprus circa 1956.

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16th Parachute Brigade emplaning on Hastings during Exercise Barfrost

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16th Parachute Brigade and the conditions during flight on Hastings aircraft

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Training with tanks in Cyprus prior to Jordan 1958

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16th Parachute Brigade on Operations in Cyprus

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Dropping at El Gamil airfield

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16th Independent Parachute Brigade move into Jordan

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Paratroopers in the Radfan (with Anthony Farrar-Hockley)

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Major Michael Walsh tells amusing anecdote about El Gamil drop

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Captain Sandy Cavenagh's impressions of jump and landing

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Paratroopers at rest in the Canal Zone.

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Three paratroopers crouch and read a paper in the Canal Zone.

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HQ Company, 3 PARA, emplane at Nicosia for the Canal Zone. October 1951.

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HQ Company, 3 PARA, emplane at Nicosia for the Canal Zone. October 1951.

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HQ Company, 3 PARA, emplane at Nicosia for the Canal Zone. October 1951.

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3 PARA road block, Kassassine, on the Sweet Water Canal, Egypt,

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3 PARA guard on Kassassine railway station, Egypt, 4/11/51.

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Three members of 3 PARA with their mess tins in the Canal Zone.

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3 PARA clearing the village of Gaynaeim, following trouble from snipers, Canal Zone, Egypt, 8/12/51.

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OS 1951-12-08 Centurion tank, Royal Tank Regiment Gaynaem, Egypt

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A Centurion tank demolishing houses in Gaynaeim, following trouble from snipers. Canal Zone, Egypt. 8 Dec 1951

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Corporal Jock Kerr, 3 PARA, on guard at a water filtration plant near Suez, Christmas day, 1951.

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3 PARA sergeants serve early morning tea, Canal Zone, Egypt.

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The I Section take it easy, 3 PARA, Shandur Camp, Canal Zone, 31/12/51.

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Member of 3 PARA gets a haircut, Shandur camp, Canal Zone, 3/1/52.

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3 PARA search for arms in Ismailia, Egypt, 20/1/52.

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3 PARA search for arms in Ismailia, Egypt, 20/1/52.

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3 PARA serach for arms, Cpl Smith, Ismailia, Egypt, 21/1/52.

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Pte Hunt, 3 PARA has a trim – clippers powered from street lamp, Ismailia, 25/1/52.

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Pte Hunt, 3 PARA, somewhere in the desert between Suez and Cairo. 6/2/52.

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Conversion course to Hastings aircraft, 3 PARA, Canal Zone, Egypt, February 1952.

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Conversion course to Hastings aircraft. Cpl Higgins, 3 PARA on flight trainer, Canal Zone, 1952.

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Conversion course to Hastings aircraft, 3 PARA, Canal Zone, Egypt.

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NAAFI sign, 3 PARA, Shandur camp, Canal Zone, 1952.

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Account of 3 PARA's activities in the Canal Zone.

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Aerial photo of Kakopetria, Cyprus, May 16th 1956.

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Five members of EOKA stand with weapons.

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Eight members of EOKA pose for the camera in a wooded area

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Colonel George Grivas, leader of EOKA.

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Paratrooper from 2 PARA in Trapeza, Cyprus, October 1956.

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A paratrooper searches a farmhouse in Cyprus.

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Two paratroopers tackle some paperwork in Cyprus, 1956.

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EOKA campaign, Cyprus 1956.

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Paratroopers search a farm house in Cyprus, 1956.

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Arms cache found in Cyprus, 1956.

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Paratroopers search for arms and ammunition in Cyprue, 1956.

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Paratroopers search for arms and ammunition in Cyprus, 1956.

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Paratroopers search under a vehicle in Cyprus, 1956.

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Troops in Cyprus body search local men.

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Account of 3 PARA's operations against EOKA in Cyprus, 1956.

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Edition of The Red Beret published in Egypt on 4 January 1951.

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16 Para Brigade Queens Review Guard, Aldershot,1967.

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Queens Review Guard, 16th Parachute Brigade, Aldershot,1967.

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Parachuting, Long Valley, 1967.

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Images taken 1960-61 featuring James Paskin

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Newespaper reports 16 Ind Para Brigade embark for Cyprus June 1951

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Unloading HMS Triumph Famagusta, Cyprus 15 June 1951

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OS 1951-06-15 Vehicles go ashore from HMS Triumph, Famagusta, Cyprus (HMS Warrior in background)

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15 June 1951 Vehicles go ashore from HMS Triumph, Famagusta, Cyprus

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HM Queen Elizabeth visit to 16th Parachute Brigade, Aldershot, 1967

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AA Container Weapon Detail of Loads 16 Indep Para Bde

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Container Weapon Detail of Loads 16 Indep Para Bde February 1954

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Maj-Gen Michael Forrester obituary in the Telegraph October 27, 2006

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Major General Charles Eberhardie MBE MC obituary

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General Sir Kenneth Darling Obituary

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Lieutenant General Sir Robin Carnegie KCB OBE DL Obituary

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Group Photograph of Experimental Parachute Platoon 1948-49

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2nd Parachute Battalion, 16th Independent Parachute Brigade arrive at Aldershot from Germany, 1949

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2nd Battalion, 16th Independent Parachute Brigade, arrive at Aldershot from Germany, 1949.

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3 PARA at Shandur camp near Fayid on the Suez Canal.

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3 PARA at Shandur camp near Fayid, Canal Zone 1951.

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Operation 'TRIMED' - The journey, 1951

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B Coy 3 Para leaving Warterloo Barrracks Aldershot

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B Coy 3 PARA leaving Waterloo Barrracks Aldershot for Cyprus Operation 'TRIMED' 1951

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3 PARA waiting to embark Portsmouth Dockyard Operation 'TRIMED' 1951

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HMS Triumph, c1951

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2 PARA's first camp in Egypt, c1952

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Members of 16th Para Bde on a Signal course, c1952.

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Men of the Para Brigade make their way through hilly terrain during a training exercise, Jordan 1953

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Men of 16 Para Brigade take cover from "enemy" aircraft during training exercise, Jordan 1953

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Wings presentation to Paras of 16th Para Bde at Ismailia, Egypt, July 1953

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Educational Staff, 16th (Independent) Parachute Brigade Group, Moascar, Egypt, 1954

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Marksmanship medal on the bren gun front

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Pte Ken Sellars Bren Gun Marksmanship Medal

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Lt Gen Down speaks to RSM Davies (2 PARA) on his farewell vist to 16 Ind Para Bde, 1955

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Lt Gen Down in 2 PARA Sergeants' Mess on his farewell visit to 16 Ind Para Bde

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Warrant Officers, 16th Independent Parachute Brigade Group, 1955.

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Group Photograph of WO's, the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade, 1955

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Group Photograph of WOs, the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade with HRH Duke of Edinburgh, April 1955

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The Duke of Edinburgh visits Rushmoor Arena, 15 April 1955.

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HMS Theseus sailing to Cyprus with 16th Parachute Brigade

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Elements of 16 Para Bde boarding HMS Theseus bound for Cyprus

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On board HMS Theseus bound for Cyprus

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Inspection of 33rd Parachute Field Regiment RA, Aldershot, 1956.

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RAF reconnaisance photograph of Agridia, Cyprus, May 1956

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RAF reconnaissance photograph of Agridia, Cyprus, May 1956

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Brigadier Tubby Butler talks to the press about Op Sparrowhawk, Cyprus, October 1956

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Brig Tom Pearson (16 Para Brigade) with HM King Hussein of Jordan, 1958.

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CBE Citation for Brigadier Tom Pearson, Jordan 1958.

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Putting up the Combined Services Flag outside 16th Parachute Brigade Headquarters, Jordan, 1958.

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Group photograph of the Annual Convention of Parachute Regiment RSMs, 21 April 1978

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Colonel Paul Crook and Tactical Headquarters walk towards El Gamil airfield's control tower after dropping.

Private Palsen holds a horse leg bone to the camera near Cairo.

Paratroopers conduct cordon and search in Cyprus, 1956.

Outline Calendar of Events, August-December 1956.

Report on the execution of Operation Musketeer.

Letter from Brigadier Butler to Fleet Air Arm about gift of HMS Eagle flag.

Paratroopers of A Company, 3 PARA move in to take the airport centre of El Gamil airfield while other men are still descending.

Last of first lift of 3 PARA dropping on El Gamil airfield. Men are making for their RVs. November 5, 1956.

Men of 3 PARA in Nicosia, Cyprus beside the Hastings aircraft that will drop them at El Gamil airfield.

Corporal Tony Lowe wearing Arabian headgear in Cyprus circa 1956.

Paratroopers at rest in the Canal Zone.

Three paratroopers crouch and read a paper in the Canal Zone.

HQ Company, 3 PARA, emplane at Nicosia for the Canal Zone. October 1951.

HQ Company, 3 PARA, emplane at Nicosia for the Canal Zone. October 1951.

HQ Company, 3 PARA, emplane at Nicosia for the Canal Zone. October 1951.

3 PARA road block, Kassassine, on the Sweet Water Canal, Egypt,

3 PARA guard on Kassassine railway station, Egypt, 4/11/51.

Three members of 3 PARA with their mess tins in the Canal Zone.

3 PARA clearing the village of Gaynaeim, following trouble from snipers, Canal Zone, Egypt, 8/12/51.

A Centurion tank demolishing houses in Gaynaeim, following trouble from snipers. Canal Zone, Egypt. 8 Dec 1951

Corporal Jock Kerr, 3 PARA, on guard at a water filtration plant near Suez, Christmas day, 1951.

3 PARA sergeants serve early morning tea, Canal Zone, Egypt.

The I Section take it easy, 3 PARA, Shandur Camp, Canal Zone, 31/12/51.

Member of 3 PARA gets a haircut, Shandur camp, Canal Zone, 3/1/52.

3 PARA search for arms in Ismailia, Egypt, 20/1/52.

3 PARA search for arms in Ismailia, Egypt, 20/1/52.

3 PARA serach for arms, Cpl Smith, Ismailia, Egypt, 21/1/52.

Pte Hunt, 3 PARA has a trim – clippers powered from street lamp, Ismailia, 25/1/52.

Pte Hunt, 3 PARA, somewhere in the desert between Suez and Cairo. 6/2/52.

Conversion course to Hastings aircraft, 3 PARA, Canal Zone, Egypt, February 1952.

Conversion course to Hastings aircraft. Cpl Higgins, 3 PARA on flight trainer, Canal Zone, 1952.

Conversion course to Hastings aircraft, 3 PARA, Canal Zone, Egypt.

NAAFI sign, 3 PARA, Shandur camp, Canal Zone, 1952.

Account of 3 PARA's activities in the Canal Zone.

Aerial photo of Kakopetria, Cyprus, May 16th 1956.

Five members of EOKA stand with weapons.

Eight members of EOKA pose for the camera in a wooded area

Colonel George Grivas, leader of EOKA.

Paratrooper from 2 PARA in Trapeza, Cyprus, October 1956.

A paratrooper searches a farmhouse in Cyprus.

Two paratroopers tackle some paperwork in Cyprus, 1956.

EOKA campaign, Cyprus 1956.

Paratroopers search a farm house in Cyprus, 1956.

Arms cache found in Cyprus, 1956.

Paratroopers search for arms and ammunition in Cyprus, 1956.

Paratroopers search under a vehicle in Cyprus, 1956.

Troops in Cyprus body search local men.

Account of 3 PARA's operations against EOKA in Cyprus, 1956.

Edition of The Red Beret published in Egypt on 4 January 1951.

Queens Review Guard, 16th Parachute Brigade, Aldershot,1967.

Parachuting, Long Valley, 1967.

Images taken 1960-61 featuring James Paskin

Newespaper reports 16 Ind Para Brigade embark for Cyprus June 1951

Unloading HMS Triumph Famagusta, Cyprus 15 June 1951

15 June 1951 Vehicles go ashore from HMS Triumph, Famagusta, Cyprus

HM Queen Elizabeth visit to 16th Parachute Brigade, Aldershot, 1967

Container Weapon Detail of Loads 16 Indep Para Bde February 1954

Maj-Gen Michael Forrester obituary in the Telegraph October 27, 2006

Major General Charles Eberhardie MBE MC obituary

General Sir Kenneth Darling Obituary

Lieutenant General Sir Robin Carnegie KCB OBE DL Obituary

Group Photograph of Experimental Parachute Platoon 1948-49

2nd Battalion, 16th Independent Parachute Brigade, arrive at Aldershot from Germany, 1949.

3 PARA at Shandur camp near Fayid, Canal Zone 1951.

Operation 'TRIMED' - The journey, 1951

B Coy 3 PARA leaving Waterloo Barrracks Aldershot for Cyprus Operation 'TRIMED' 1951

3 PARA waiting to embark Portsmouth Dockyard Operation 'TRIMED' 1951

HMS Triumph, c1951

2 PARA's first camp in Egypt, c1952

Members of 16th Para Bde on a Signal course, c1952.

Men of the Para Brigade make their way through hilly terrain during a training exercise, Jordan 1953

Men of 16 Para Brigade take cover from "enemy" aircraft during training exercise, Jordan 1953

Wings presentation to Paras of 16th Para Bde at Ismailia, Egypt, July 1953

Educational Staff, 16th (Independent) Parachute Brigade Group, Moascar, Egypt, 1954

Pte Ken Sellars Bren Gun Marksmanship Medal

Lt Gen Down speaks to RSM Davies (2 PARA) on his farewell vist to 16 Ind Para Bde, 1955

Lt Gen Down in 2 PARA Sergeants' Mess on his farewell visit to 16 Ind Para Bde

Warrant Officers, 16th Independent Parachute Brigade Group, 1955.