John Hope | ParaData

Private John Hope was the son of James and Mary Hope, of Cliffe Castle, Yorkshire.

He volunteered for airborne forces while serving with The Black Watch during World War II and qualified as a military parachutist on Course 130 which ran at RAF Ringway from 21 August to 2 September 1944.

Pte Hope subsequently served with 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion in Greece and after the war deployed with the battalion to Palestine for internal security duties.

He was killed during an attack by members of the Stern Gang on the guard of a Divisional Car Park in Tel Aviv. (See account below.)

Private Hope died on 25 April 1946, aged 25 years, and is now buried at Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.

Compiled by Harvey Grenville

1945
5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion (Private)

Operations

Event

Greece (Operation Manna)

One company of the 4th Para Battalion was dropped in high winds at Megara airfield 40 miles from Athens suffering numerous casualties.

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.

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The Tel Aviv Car Park attack April 1946

This account, produced by kind permission of Maj Gen Dare Wilson, is an extract from his book 'Cordon and Search' the definitive account of 6th Airborne Division's activities in Palestine.

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Grave of Pte Hope, Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.

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Funeral service of seven members of 5th Parachute Battalion, Ramleh War Cemetery 27 April 1946

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Private John Hope

25 Apr 1946

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