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Tim Short

1968
10(V) Bn The Parachute Regiment (Lance Corporal)
1968
3 Company The 10th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (10 PARA) (Lance Corporal)

Operations

Aden

After receiving news in January 1967 that two terrorist groups - the Federation for the Liberation of South Yemen (FLOSY) and the National Liberation Front (NLF) - were vying for power in Aden, an emergency operational tour was ordered by the CO of 1 Para, Lieutenant Colonel Mike Walsh.

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.

Decorations

GSM

1967

GSM (South Arabia)
GSM

1978
LSGCM

1984

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'Go . . . . ' Argosy Descent 1968

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Members of 10 PARA on an Argosy 1968

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Members of 10 PARA 'Milling' - Browning Barracks' Gym 1968

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Spot the 'Blood Waggon' - Descending onto Hankley Common

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'No 2 come forward' Balloon Cage - Hankley Common

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'Go . . . ' Balloon Cage Hankley Common 1968

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'Draw and Fit' - Hankley Common 1968

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Tim Short posing in Arnhem - 25th Anniversary 1969

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Fox Covert DZ 1968

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