Major Alasdair H Hutton OBE, TD

Alasdair Hutton joined 15 PARA in B Company in Aberdeen in 1964 as a private soldier, moving to Glasgow in April that year and transferring to A Company.

After completing his para course at RAF Abingdon he was commissioned on 16 June 1965. He went on to command A Company, and was Battalion Second in Command (2-i-c) twice from 1979 to 1983, and from 1984 to 1986.

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Service History

1964
The 15th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (15 PARA SV) Central Volunteer Headquarters (CVHQ) (Private)
1965
The 15th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (15 PARA SV) Honorary, Lothian and Border Battalion, Army Cadet Force (Second Lieutenant)
1967
The 15th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (15 PARA SV) (Lieutenant)
1969
The 15th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (15 PARA SV) (Captain)
1970
Acting The 15th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (15 PARA SV) (Major)
1974
Second In Command (2-i-c) The 15th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (15 PARA SV) (Major)
1986
Second In Command (2-i-c) (Major)
2006
Company Commander (Honorary Colonel)

Decorations

Efficiency Decoration

1977
MBE

1986

Clasp to Territorial Decoration
OBE

1989

Alasdair H Hutton

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Alasdair Hutton at the Parachute Regiment tree. National Memorial Arboretum, 1 May 2010.

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Alasdair Hutton coming off the DZ. c1980.

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Jack Haywood and Chay Blyth with PARA crew of "Great Britain II"

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