Richard Munday | ParaData

Richard Munday served in 1 Para, initially as a section 2ic in No 7 Platoon C Coy in Iraq during Op Telic 1 (2003).

1996
C Company The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Lance Corporal)
1996
The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) 1 para (Lance Corporal)

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

Rwanda (Operation Gabriel)

On 30 July, after only 5 days preparation in Aldershot, the advance elements of the contingent, under the command of CO 5 Airborne Brigade Logistic Battalion arrived at Kigali airport on the outskirts of the capital.

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Lance Corporal Richard Munday

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Service History

Operations

Iraq (Operation Telic)

Kosovo (Operation Agricola)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Rwanda (Operation Gabriel)

Decorations

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Lance Corporal Richard Munday

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Service History

Operations

Iraq (Operation Telic)

Kosovo (Operation Agricola)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Rwanda (Operation Gabriel)

Decorations

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