John T Peat | ParaData

1943
No 54 Primary Training Wing (Private)
1943
Royal Army Medical Corps (Private)
1943
224 Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC 224 Parachute Field Ambulance (Private)
1945
225 Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC 225 Parachute Field Ambulance (Private)
1946
The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) No 3 Parachute Battalion (Private)

Operations

Advance to the Baltic

The airborne soldiers were well suited to exploit the fluid situation that occurred following the collapse of the Rhine barrier defence. Short fierce actions were fought from the tanks of the 4th Tank Battalion of the Grenadier Guards and whatever transport could be purloined.

Event

Far East

The 5th Parachute Brigade was sent to the Far East in preparation for a potential invasion of Japan. However, only the advance elements of the Brigade had reached the Far East prior to the Japanese surrender.

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)

Operation Varsity was the largest single airborne operation in history. On a single day, over 16,000 men were inserted by glider and parachute into western Germany. Around 8000 of those came from the British 6th Airborne Division, flying aboard 243 C47 aircraft and 440 gliders.

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Group photo of soldiers taking a break on exercise during a training camp, c.1943

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Group photo of soldiers on training camp, c.1943

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Group photo featuring Pte Peat with other Airborne soldiers, date unknown

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Group photo of Pte Peat with other Airborne medics, c1945

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Private John Peat, one day after the drop for the Rhine Crossing, 25 March 1945

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Private John T Peat

28 Mar 1998

Service History

Operations

Advance to the Baltic

Far East

Palestine

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

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Private John T Peat

28 Mar 1998

Service History

Operations

Advance to the Baltic

Far East

Palestine

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

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