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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 in action f...
Pte Philip Christopher Rawlings enlisted into The Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1942.
He was posted to the 8th Parachute Battalion after qualifying as a military parachutist on Course 74 which ran at RAF Ringway from 23 July to 3 August 1943.
He served with B Company during Normandy and was discharged in 1946 on medical grounds.