Ernest Christopher Poulson was enlisted in to the General Service Corps and then posted to the Royal Artillery before volunteering for airborne forces in April 1944.
Private (Pte) Poulson undertook parachute training course 114 at RAF Ringway which ran from 1 to 12 May 1944. The course instructors’ report stated: ‘Pte Poulson. Above average- confident- good worker.’
After a period at No1 Airborne Forces Holding Unit he was posted to the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion (13th Para Bn).
Pte Poulson saw active service with 13th Para Bn in Normandy, the Ardennes, and on the Rhine Crossing before returning to the Royal Artillery in August 1945.
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