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Palestine
Arab intransigence over the surge of Jewish immigration that followed the Holocaust in Europe led to the forming of extreme d...
Private Eric Aske volunteered for airborne forces and undertook parachute training course 185 at RAF Ringway from 19 November – 15 December 1945. After initially being posted to the Airborne Forces Holding Battalion, he was posted to The 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion.Pte Aske went to Palestine and was demobbed from The 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in 1948.
Service History
- 1945 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion (Private)
- 1948 2nd Parachute Battalion (Private)
