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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...
Kenneth Howard was a labourer when he enlisted into The Royal Artillery, he then volunteered for airborne forces.W/Sgt Howard qualified as a military parachutist on course 119 which ran at RAF Ringway in June 1944.
He was posted to 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion and saw active service on the Rhine Crossing.
In June 1945 he became an instructor at No 1 Army Air Corps Infantry Training Centre, at Albany Barracks on the Isle of Wight.
W/Sgt Howard was demobbed in January 1946.
Service History
- 1944 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion (War Substantive Sergeant)
- 1945 Army Air Corps / No 1 Parachute Regiment Infantry Training Centre (War Substantive Sergeant)
