Neville Ashley | ParaData

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1943
2nd Parachute Battalion (Sergeant)

Operations

Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal and river crossings between Eindhoven and Arnhem.

Event

Italy

The Italians had capitulated while the force was still at sea. The sinking of HMS Abdiel by a mine in the harbour, however, resulted in the loss of 130 soldiers from 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion including their Commanding Officer.

Event

Sicily (Operation Husky)

Speed was essential to prevent the consolidation of Italian and German defences facing a rapid pincer movement launched from the west and south east immediately after the amphibious landings. Key bridges and ports were to be captured by airborne assault.

Decorations

MM

1943

Article

Biography of Sgt Neville Ashley MM

Neville Ashley was born in Hale-Barnes, Cheshire, on 26 June 1913.

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Three members of A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Italy, 1943.

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Four members of A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Italy, 1943.

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Group photograph of A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Easton Hall, Lincs, June 1944.

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Men of the 2nd Parachute Battalion in Altamura, Italy, 1943.

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Five men of the 2nd Parachute Battalion prior to Arnhem c1944.

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Group photo of 1st Platoon, A Company, 2nd Para Bn taken at Barletta, Italy, 1943.

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