David Robert Collinson

1943
5th Parachute Brigade K Section, 5 Para Brigade Signals (Signalman)
1944
3rd Parachute Brigade J Section, 3 Para Brigade Signals (Corporal)

Operations

Ardennes

After the Allied landings in Normandy and subsequent advance through France and Belgium, the German Army had succeeded in stalling the Allied offensive along their line of defence at the German border - the ‘Siegfried Line’.

Event

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division for the first time.

Event

Palestine

Arab intransigence over the surge of Jewish immigration that followed the Holocaust in Europe led to the forming of extreme dissident Zionist groups such as IZL (Irgun Zwai Leumi) and the Stern Gang, all seeking to promote their aims through violence.

Event

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

By late January 1945, the Germans' Ardennes offensive was finally defeated. It had been a costly episode for both sides, but more so for the Germans, who now had to retreat across the Rhine greatly weakened and "in no condition to hold fast even in these positions".

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Corporal David Robert Collinson

Service History

Operations

Ardennes

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Palestine

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

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Corporal David Robert Collinson

Service History

Operations

Ardennes

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Palestine

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

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