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Warrant Officer Class 1 John Sidney Siely

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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...

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North Africa (Operation Torch)
On 12 November the 3rd Parachute Battalion (3 Para Bn) jumped onto and seized the vital airfield at Bone between Algiers and ...

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Italy
The Italians had capitulated while the force was still at sea. The sinking of HMS Abdiel by a mine in the harbour, however, r...

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Norway (Operation Doomsday)
Maj Gen Urquhart received his orders in the midst of a Division reorganization. The 1st Parachute Brigade had been despatched...

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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)
1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal...

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MBE
MBE
1944
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RSM John Siely
RSM John Siely

Group photos

Group photograph of WO and Sgt Mess, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA, October 1944
Group photograph of WO and Sgt Mess, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA, October 1944
Group portrait of HQ Troop, 33rd Airborne Lt Reg RA, Ramat David, Palestine, 1947.
Group portrait of HQ Troop, 33rd Airborne Lt Reg RA, Ramat David, Palestine, 1947.

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RSM John Siely of 33 Airborne Light Regt RA, pictured in 1947
RSM John Siely of 33 Airborne Light Regt RA, pictured in 1947