Histoire · 27 March 2023
Commanding Officer : Captain H.J.C. CORNISH Supplies Officer : Captain R.G. THOMAS Transport Officer : Lieutenant J.B. DALZIEL
Histoire · 27 March 2023
Commanding Officer -> Lieutenant Colonel J.P. PARKINSON 2nd in Command -> Major G. WELLS Administrative Officer -> Lieutenant R. COLE Regimental Sergeant Major -> Warrant Officer I L. EASTWOOD Captain T. McMURRAY Captain D. ROWLANDS Captain J. MITCHELL -> Attached to 4th Parachute Bn Captain E. MORRISON -> Attached to 5th Parachute Bn Captain W.J. KERR -> Attached to 6th Parachute Bn
Histoire · 27 March 2023
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Histoire · 27 March 2023
Battery Commander -> Major B.J. POTTER 2nd in Command -> Captain F.G. TANSLEY Battery Captain -> Captain F.G. McCULLOUGH Battery Headquarter -> Lieutenant F.D. OUTRIDGE Administrative Officer -> Lieutenant B.G. KEMPSTON "A" Troop CO -> Lieutenant P.C. MILSOM -> Bde Reserve "B" Troop CO -> Lieutenant R.G. ARMSTRONG -> Att'd 4th Bn "C" Troop CO -> Lieutenant W.R. MILLS -> Att'd 6th Bn Recce Section ->"D" Troop CO -> Lieutenant F.C. HALL -> Att'd 5th Bn
Histoire · 27 March 2023
Battery Commander : Major D.M. DUNCAN 2nd in Command : Captain R. MARTIN, attached to Brigade Hq Bty Command Post Officer : Lieutenant J.V. WEST -> "A" Troop Bty Command Post Officer : Lieutenant H.T WALLEY -> "B" Troop Forward Observer : Captain J.D. SKAIFE D'INGERTHORPE -> Att'd 4th Bn Forward Observer : Lieutenant G.H. CROSSLEY -> Att'd 6th Bn Forward Observer : Lieutenant D.W. ABBOTT -> Att'd 5th Bn Lieutenant S.W. WORSLEY Lieutenant E.A. WALMSLEY Lieutenant A.H.J. DOREY
Histoire · 23 August 2022
Early in September, 1943, the 21st Independent Parachute Company landed with 1st Airborne Division in Italy with the objective of capturing the port of Taranto and securing a perimeter around the port. We were taken by vessels of the Royal Navy from Bizerta in Tunisia - and were treated like royalty whilst on board the cruiser, HMS Aurora- to Taranto, where we met little opposition to our landing on 9th September. Unfortunately, however, HMS Abdiel, carrying the 6th Parachute Battalion and most...
Veterans · 03 August 2022
Michael COMPTON was born in HAMBURG, on May 07, 1921, under the birth name of David HOFFMANN. German of Jewish religion, they will quickly be under pressure from the Nazi regime, which grew up in Germany in the 1930s. His parents decide to leave Germany and go to England. These German Jews will be numerous to follow this same path, they are known in the United Kingdom under the nickname "ALIEN", which is the name of a parliamentary act created to control this mass Jewish immigration at the...