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Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)
A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war ...
April 1952 to June 1954. Canal Zone of Egypt with HQ 16 Independent Para BdeMay 1961 to May 1962. Bahrain with 1 PARA
January 1964 to July 1964. Cyprus incl UN Tour with 1 PARA.
1967 Aden with 1 PARA.
1970 to 1977 Five Tours in N.Ireland with 2 PARA.
June 1977 to June 1978 Berlin with 2 PARA.
12 June 1978. Commissioned
11 June 1983. Retired from Regular Army
12 June 1983 Commissioned in 10 PARA(V)
03 September 1994. Retired.
Service History
- Date not known HQ 16 Parachute Brigade
- Date not known The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA)
- Date not known The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA)
- 1978 The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Captain)
- 1983 The 10th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (10 PARA) (Captain)
