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Profile photo as Platoon Sergeant for Junior Para Coy, 1983

1968
Depot The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Depot Para (Recruit)
1969
The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) 2 Para (Corporal)
1978
Depot The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Depot Para (Corporal)
1980
The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) 2 Para (Sergeant)
1983
Depot The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Depot Para (Sergeant)
1985
The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) 2 Para (Colour Sergeant)
1987
The 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (4 PARA) 4 Para (V) (Warrant Officer Class 2)
1989
The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) 1 Para (Warrant Officer Class 2)

Operations

Anguilla (Operation Sheepskin)

Civil strife led to armed insurrection and as the Island was a British Colony. 2 PARA was despatched with 120 members of London’s Metropolitan Police to restore order.

Event

Falklands (Operation Corporate)

On 2nd April 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a British Territory in the South Atlantic, followed the next day by an assault on South Georgia. The defending Royal Marines detachment at both locations were taken prisoner after fierce firefights.

Event

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war between Republican IRA and Protestant para-military groups during the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ that were to last 37 years.

Decorations

SAMR

South Atlantic Medal
GSM

GSM

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Dedication of the new headstone for Pte Alan Walton, 11:00 hrs Friday 12 April, Pembroke Cemetery, Malta.

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Initial briefing, Dedication Ceremony of Pte Walton’s new headstone Pembroke Cemetery, Malta, 12 April 2013.

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Warrant Officer Class 2 John David Bell

Service History

Operations

Anguilla (Operation Sheepskin)

Falklands (Operation Corporate)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Decorations

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Warrant Officer Class 2 John David Bell

Service History

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Anguilla (Operation Sheepskin)

Falklands (Operation Corporate)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

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