Ronald Gibson | ParaData

1943
3rd Parachute Squadron RE (Lance Corporal)
1945
249 Field Company (Airborne) RE (Lance Corporal)
1945
9 Parachute Squadron RE 9th Airborne Squadron RE (Lance Corporal)
1946
3rd Parachute Squadron RE 3rd Parachute Squadron RE (Lance Corporal)
1961
82 Inland Water Transport Sqn RE (Corporal)
1963
271 Port Squadron RE (Sergeant)
1967
271 Port Squadron RCT (Staff Sergeant)

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

Ardennes

After the Allied landings in Normandy and subsequent advance through France and Belgium, the German Army had succeeded in stalling the Allied offensive along their line of defence at the German border - the ‘Siegfried Line’.

Event

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division for the first time.

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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Staff Sergeant Ronald Gibson

10 Jun 2008

Service History

Operations

Advance to the Baltic

Ardennes

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Palestine

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

Decorations

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Staff Sergeant Ronald Gibson

10 Jun 2008

Service History

Operations

Advance to the Baltic

Ardennes

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Palestine

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

Decorations

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