Robert L McLeod | ParaData

1991
Depot The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces (Recruit)
1992
The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Private)
1995
Parachute Regiment Recruiting Team, RHQ PARA (Private)
1996
HQ & B Coy The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Private)
1997
D Coy The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Lance Corporal)
2000
D Coy The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Corporal)
2001
British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) (Corporal)
2002
D Coy The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Corporal)
2005
B Coy The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Sergeant)
2007
C (Bruneval) Coy The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Sergeant)
2008
CTCRM Lympstone, JCC, Command Wing (Sergeant)
2010
Support Coy The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS))
2012
D Coy The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) (Colour Sergeant)

Operations

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick VIII)

2 PARA operated as Battle Group North operating from five Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) in the Upper Sangin Valley. These were situated in the area of the ‘Green Zone’ fertile farmland stretching one kilometre either side of the Helmand River.

Event

Iraq (Operation Telic)

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

Event

Macedonia (Operation Bessemer)

HQ 16 Air Asslt Bde became HQ Task Force Harvest with a multinational force of 15 nations under command. Their mission was to deploy to collect and dispose of NLA weapons and ammunition in order to restore stability in the FYROM.

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

NMM

2002
OSMSL

2002
Iraq Medal

2006
OSMA

2008
GSM

1992

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Sgt McLeod, with the Danish LEWT (Light Electronic Warfare Team), before leading them into FOB Gibraltar, 2008.

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Sgt 'Bob' McLeod, 2 PARA, FOB Gibraltar waiting for another resupply, Afghanistan, Herrick VIII, 2008.

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FOB Gibraltar Memorial, Op Herrick VIII, 2008.

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Members of 2 PARA, FOB Gibraltar Memorial, Herrick VIII, 2008.

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2 PARA, Upper Sangin Valley, 24 June 2008. Herrick VIII.

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Colour Sergeant Robert L McLeod

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Service History

Operations

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick VIII)

Iraq (Operation Telic)

Macedonia (Operation Bessemer)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Sierra Leone (Operations Palliser and Barras)

Decorations

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Colour Sergeant Robert L McLeod

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Service History

Operations

Afghanistan (Operation Herrick VIII)

Iraq (Operation Telic)

Macedonia (Operation Bessemer)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Sierra Leone (Operations Palliser and Barras)

Decorations

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