Joseph Wilson | ParaData

Joseph Wilson enlisted 21 June 1939. He served with The Grenadier Guards before volunteering for the airborne forces.

He conducted his jump training sometime in 1940/41 and was a member of 11 SAS before transferring to The 1st Parachute Battalion, T Coy, 11 and 10 Pln. Joseph served in N.Africa and Italy. During Op. Market Garden he was taken POW.

Joseph was "extracted to NSRW", date unknown.

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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal and river crossings between Eindhoven and Arnhem.

Event

Italy

The Italians had capitulated while the force was still at sea. The sinking of HMS Abdiel by a mine in the harbour, however, resulted in the loss of 130 soldiers from 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion including their Commanding Officer.

Event

North Africa (Operation Torch)

On 12 November the 3rd Parachute Battalion (3 Para Bn) jumped onto and seized the vital airfield at Bone between Algiers and Tunis, arriving barely before German paratroopers deployed for the same mission.

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