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Frederick Carnell Pengilly served in The Wiltshire Regiment from 1937 prior to volunteering for airborne forces in 1944.He qualified as a military parachutist on course 136, which ran at RAF Ringway in October 1944, and subsequently served with 13th Parachute Battalion, initially in 'Dixie' Dean's Machine Gun Platoon.

Fred Pengilly passed away on 16th September 2012.

Company Sergeant Major Frederick Pengilly

Service History

Operations

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Advance to the Baltic
The airborne soldiers were well suited to exploit the fluid situation that occurred following the collapse of the Rhine barri...

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Far East
The 5th Parachute Brigade was sent to the Far East in preparation for a potential invasion of Japan. However, only the advanc...

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Ardennes
After the Allied landings in Normandy and subsequent advance through France and Belgium, the German Army had succeeded in sta...

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Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)
Operation Varsity was the largest single airborne operation in history. On a single day, over 16,000 men were inserted by gli...
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CSM 'Fred' Pengilly with unknown, Far East 1945.
CSM 'Fred' Pengilly with unknown, Far East 1945.

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Frederick Pengilly in India with The Wiltshire Regiment pre October 1944
Frederick Pengilly in India with The Wiltshire Regiment pre October 1944