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1980
Junior Parachute Company (Boy Soldier)
1981
D Company Depot The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces (Recruit)
1982
Instructor Sniper Wing The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Private)
1987
The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Lance Corporal)
1989
The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Corporal)
1992
(Sergeant)
1994
The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Sergeant)
1997
NCOs Tactical Wing School of Infantry Brecon Wales (Colour Sergeant)
1999
The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Colour Sergeant)
2002
The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Warrant Officer Class 2)
2003
(Warrant Officer Class 2)
2004
The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Warrant Officer Class 2)

Operations

Iraq (Operation Telic)

This was the first time the brigade had deployed complete on an operation since its inception in September 1999.

Kosovo (Operation Agricola)

On 6th June the 1 PARA group reinforced by 125 men from 3 PARA was deployed in Macedonia under 5 Airborne Brigade to spearhead a forced entry by the NATO KFOR Peacekeeping Force. The aim was to clear any pockets of hard-line resistance that might impede the negotiated Serb Army withdrawal.

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.

Event

Sierra Leone (Operations Palliser and Barras)

The United Nations Mission troops in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) were under strength and of insufficient quality to face down rebel forces intent on encroaching the capital. The 1 PARA battle group with D COY 2 PARA was in place, within 64 hours of receiving the first telephone call.

Decorations

GSM

1982

GSM
OSMSL

2000

ASM
Iraq Medal

2003

OSM
NATO Medal KFOR

1999

OSM
Accumulated Service Medal

2002

NATO
QGJM

2002

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C/Sgt Paul Tonks on sniper duties, Lungi Airport, Sierra Leone, 2000.

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Sgt Paul Tonks protecting Madeleine Albright (US Secretary of State) Kosovo, 1999.

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Sgt Paul Tonks, Instructor, Sniper Wing, Infantry Battle School, Brecon, c1998.

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Warrant Officer Class 2 Paul Tonks

Service History

Operations

Iraq (Operation Telic)

Kosovo (Operation Agricola)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Sierra Leone (Operations Palliser and Barras)

Decorations

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Warrant Officer Class 2 Paul Tonks

Service History

Operations

Iraq (Operation Telic)

Kosovo (Operation Agricola)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Sierra Leone (Operations Palliser and Barras)

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