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Men from 1st Parachute Battalion emplane a Dakota aircraft for a drop at Souk-El-Arba.

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Men from 1st Parachute Battalion disembark from a ship in Algiers, North Africa.

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Outline story of operation undertaken by 1st Parachute Battalion in North Africa in 1942/43.

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1st Parachute Battalion War Diary, North Africa. November 1942-May 1943.

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Personal Account by Lieutenant Colonel AS Pearson.

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History of the 1st Battalion in Operation Torch, November 1 1942-May 31 1943. Part One.

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History of the 1st Battalion in Operation Torch, November 1 1942-May 31 1943. Part Two.

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1st Parachute Battalion Operation Order No. 1. November 9, 1942.

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1st Parachute Battalion Contents of Kit Bags.

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Men of No 3 Platoon, R Company, 1st Parachute Battalion armed with Bren gun and No. 4 rifles defend a large shell hole.

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Major-General Deane-Drummond in N.Africa and Italy: Recovering POWs behind enemy lines

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Airborne Forces in North Africa 1942 (packing containers and fitting parachutes)

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Group shot of 10 Platoon, T Company, 1 PARA in Palestine 1945.

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Group shot of 10 Platoon, T Company, 1st Parachute Battalion in Palestine 1945.

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Reverend Robert Talbot-Watkins Medal Set

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1st Parachute Battalion. Italy, 1943.

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Pte Andy McManus on right, Palestine, c1946.

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Funeral party for Pte Alexander McBride, May 1946.

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The funeral of Pte Alexander "Jock" McBride, Ramleh War Cemetery, May 1946.

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The funeral of Private 'Jock' McBride, Ramleh War Cemetery, May 1946.

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T Company, 1st Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, Palestine 1946.

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T Coy, 1st Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, Palestine 1946.

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Members of 1st Para Bn, North Africa, date unknown.

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Grave report forms of Pte Lionel Herbert John Brown

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Citation for the award of the Military Medal to Sgt John Richards, Arnhem, 1945.

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History of the 1st Battalion in Operation Torch, November 1 1942-May 31 1943. Part Three.

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Dutch postcard identifying locations where Pte Cyril Turner was assisted at Arnhem, undated.

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Postcard from Stalag XIB POW Camp sent by Pte Cyril Turner to his wife Ivy, 31 December 1944

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'Gapping The Minefield' Instructions

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1st Parachute Battalion. June, 1942.

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Headstone for Ellis Clarke at Oosterbeek

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1st Parachute Battalion War Diary Appendix 3 Balloon Training Nov 41

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Certificate of Transfer to Army Reserves (REME)

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Post cards sent home from Pte Tucker whilst a POW in Stalag XIB

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J Knapper newspaper article

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Photographs of Beja War Cemetery, Tunisia

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Pte WJ Devlin. 1 Para Bn MM Citation

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Transfer and Enlistment entry for WJ Devlin

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Graves Concentration Report forms from Arnhem

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LA Curtis MM Citation

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Telegram reporting the death of 2Lt LA Curtis MM

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Pte C Myatt (plastic) Cap badge

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Pte C Myatt insignia

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Pte C Myatt ID Discs

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Pte C Myatt medal set

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Sgt. G.T.P.Strong. 1 Para Bn. 1940-46

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Sgt. Gordon Strong

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Sgt. Gordon T.P. Strong on Arnhem Bridge 1990s

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1 Para Bn. Buckingham Palace. 28 Mar 1944. For MM award

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Newspaper cutting Sgt GTP Strong MM

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OS Official documents relating to Sgt GTP Strong 1

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Official documents relating to Sgt GTP Strong MM

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OS Members of 1st Para Bn pose with camel and it's handler. N. Africa 1942

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Members of 1st Para Bn pose with camel and handler. N. Africa 1942

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Men of 1st Para Bn in N. Africa November 1942

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Guarding German prisoners in Tunisia November 1942

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Brigadier Vic Coxen obituary

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service documents relating to Pte Frank Holroyd

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Members of the 1st Para Bn signed photograph June 1942

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OS German POW Records for George Baker 1

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German POW Records for Geoffrey Baker

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Lt AT Turrell Dutch Bronze Cross citation

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Transcription of Col Dobies Handwritten Diary, Arnhem, Sept 1944.

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John Lewis Medal set

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John Lewis MM Medal citation

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Godfrey Maguire Service History

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Godfrey Maguire North Africa. Note: dates are one year before they happened

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Handwritten note by Godfrey Maguire asking for rations

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Godfrey Maguire's medals

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Harry Cast with members of 1st Bn Italy 1943

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Harry Cast, 1st Bn, Bourne, September 1944

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7th Pln, S Coy, Bourne, Lincs September 1944

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Eric Seal Diary of 1942

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Red Devil Adventures by Eric Seal

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Members of ‘S’ Company’s Mortar Detachment from the Mortar Platoon and the Padre, 1st Bn. Hurn Airfield. July 1942.

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Members of 5 Platoon, ‘S’ Company, 1st Parachute Battalion. RAF Hurn Airfield in Wiltshire. July 1942

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OS Members of 5 Platoon, ‘S’ Company 1st Parachute Battalion

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Members of 5 Platoon, ‘S’ Company 1st Para Bn

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Just after liberation in docks area, near Tivoli Gardens, Denmark. May 1945

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50th Anniversary Parade, marching through Knutsford

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Maj H Lloyd-Jones MC citation 1 Para Bn

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First Sgts Mess in The Parachute Regiment, Buford 1942

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Signatures of T Coy 11 Pln Hardwick Hall 23 Sept 1942

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General Sir Kenneth Darling Obituary

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Mostly Assault Platoon, Headquarters Company, 1st Parachute Battalion at Barkston Heath aerodrome. Sunday, 17th September 1944.

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Mostly MMG Pl (Sp Gp), Headquarters Company, 1st Parachute Battalion at Barkston Heath aerodrome. Sunday 17th September 1944.

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On the way to Arnhem. 17th September 1944. 5 Platoon, S Company, 1st Parachute Battalion.

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The "third wave of paratroops", Arnhem, LZ Z, Sunday 17th September 1944. 1st Battalion.

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Stick from No 2 Commando emplaning to a Whitley, late 1940

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Brigadier Gale and Lt. Col. Down inspect 1 Para Ringway 1941 Source:ABF Museum

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Brigadier Gale and Lt Col Down inspect 1st Para Bn, Ringway, 1941

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1st Parachute Battalion marching through a hilly landscape, c1942.

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1st Bn soldiers pose with a camel and a local man, North Africa, 1942

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Map of North Africa showing landing zones of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Parachute Battalions, 1942.

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Members of S Coy, 1 Para mingling with RAF crew at Hurn Airfield, 1942

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Group portrait of 1 Para, Mortar Platoon, 1941

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Group portrait of Mortar Platoon, 1st Parachute Battalion, c1942.

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Group portrait of 1st Parachute Battalion, Bulford, 1942

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1st Parachute Bn. Exercise no. 5, 1942.

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Men from 5 Platoon, S Coy, 1 Para Bn pose for a photo at Hurn Airfield, July 1942

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Group photograph of 2 Platoon, R Coy, 1st Parachute Battalion, c. August 1942

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Group photograph, possibly of 2 Platoon, R Coy, 1st Parachute Battalion, c1942

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1st Parachute Battalion Sgts Mess c1942

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Nominal Roll of HQ Company, 1st Parachute Battalion, on embarkation for North Africa, November 1942

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Report on Operations Night by 1st Parachute Battalion, November 1942

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Airborne Operations in North Africa, 1942-3.

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Letter from Lt Col Campbell about personnel yet to return from Op Simcol, 1943.

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Members of the Mortar Platoon, 1st Parachute Battalion, Barletta, Italy 1943.

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Citation for the award of the Military Cross to Lt Philip Mellors, North Africa, 1943.

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Group Photograph possibly of 11 Platoon, T Company, 1st Parachute Battalion in Italy 1943.

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Group photograph of T Coy in Italy 1943.

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Diary of Pte G Baker, written during Operation Torch, North Africa, 1943.

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'Djebel Mansour' by Pte George Baker originally written on 5 February 1943.

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Members of 1st Para Battalion Mortar Platoon, Italy, 25 September 1943.

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Group portrait of Signals Platoon, 1st Parachute Battalion, Barletta, Italy, October 1943

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Citation for the award of the Siver Star for T/Capt Rutherfoord, November 1943.

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Group Photo of Members of 1st Parachute Battalion, c.1944

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10 members of 1 Para after receiving MMs at Buckingham Palace, 28 March 1944

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10 members of 1st Para Bn after receiving MMs at Buckingham Palace, 28 March 1944

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1st Parachute Battalion War Diary, July 1944

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Group portrait of a platoon from S Coy, 1 Para, at Bourne, Lincs, in September 1944 prior to Arnhem

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L/Cpl Richards and Nobby Hall of 1 Para, prior to Arnhem

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6 Platoon, S Company, 1st Parachute Battalion, UK, 1944

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Sgt Manser shortly after his capture at Arnhem.

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Major John Timothy shortly after being taken prisoner of war, 19 September 1944

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Men of 1st Airborne Division pause after crossing the Rhine to escape Arnhem, 27 September 1944

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Members of 1st Para Bn (post Arnhem). December, 1944.

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Cyril Turners P.O.W tag from Stalag X 1 B

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Pte Cyril Turner's PoW tag from Stalag XIB, 1944.

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1 Para Officers and Sgts from HQ Coy, Bourne, Lincs, Aug 1945

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Group portrait of Medium Machine Gun (MMG) Platoon, 1 Para, Bourne, Lincs, August 1945

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Sgt McCormick with other men from 1st Parachute Battalion in Denmark, 1945

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Bernard Taylor, Ron Jones and Cash Casbol In Copenhagen, May 1945

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MI9 Escape and Evasion Report by Major John Timothy, 1945.

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Members of A Company 1st Para Bn in London prior to embarkation to Palestine, 1946.

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3 members of A Company 1st Para Bn, 1946.

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Temporary wooden cross for Private Harry Cast, Oosterbeek Cemetery, 1946.

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1st Bn Para Sergeants mess Tul Karm, Palestine - June 1946

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1st Parachute Battalion Sergeants Mess Tul Karm, Palestine - June 1946

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Unknown soldier of 1st Parachute Bn, Palestine, c1947.

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Members of 1st Parachute Bn with No 18 Wireless, Palestine, c1947.

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Programme for the Presentation of Colours at Rushmoor Arena, 1974.

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No 2 Commando 11 SAS Association Tie Emblem(circa 2003)

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