Stanley B Braddock

Stanley Brierley Braddock served with the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion during World War 2. Corporal Braddock attended parachuting training course 92 at Ringway in November 1943, and was posted to A Company in early 1944.

He parachuted into Normandy, and his conduct in battle earned him a promotion to Sergeant as a Section Leader.

The 13th (Lancs) Para Bn, as part of the 6th Airborne Division, assisted the counter-offensive in the Ardennes, and in January 1945, Sgt Braddock was part of A Company’s attack into Bure. After a costly three day battle, the Germans were ejected from the village.

The Battalion then took part in the Rhine Crossing Operation Varsity, parachuting over the Rhine in March. Sgt Braddock led his section across Germany to the Baltic Sea.

After the War, the Battalion moved to the Far East, and Colour-Sergeant Braddock was appointed Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS).

CSgt Braddock was also a skilled football player, playing for the Battalion team on the forward line.

Stanley Braddock died in September 1997.

Date not known
Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion (Colour Sergeant)

Operations

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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.

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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’.

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Far East

The 5th Parachute Brigade was sent to the Far East in preparation for a potential invasion of Japan. However, only the advance elements of the Brigade had reached the Far East prior to the Japanese surrender.

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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.

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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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Warrant Officers & Sergeants Mess. 13th (Lancs) Parachute Battalion. Larkhill, Wilts. February 1945.

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Non Commissioned Officers with Field Marshal Montgomery in Belgium, c1945.

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Sergeant Stanley Braddock, c1944.

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Colour Sergeant Stanley B Braddock

01 Sep 1997

Service History