Private Tom Billington
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Sam Raffery (left) and his best friend "Ginger" Brownsword of the 8th Parachute Battalion. The latter was killed-in-action on the 19th August 1944.
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Private John Butler
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Sapper Dennis Chatham
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Dennis Chatham, second from the right, in Palestine
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Dennis Chatham, back row, second from the right, with a football team in Palestine
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Corporal John Cooper
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John Cooper (left) in Normandy, believed to be on the 11th June, with Privates F. Heaton (centre) and "Geordie" Smith.
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John Cooper with his son, Harold, at their home in March 1944.
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Corporal Arthur Charles Donovan
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Taken aged 25, in the YMCA grounds, Jerusalem, 6th November 1945
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Denis Edwards at the Chateau St Côme in late July, with
Major John Howard and "D" Company's snipers. Left to right: "Wackers" Waite, "Pete" Musty, "Nobby" Clarke, John Howard, "Rocky" Bright, "Paddy" O'Donnell, and Denis Edwards. Corporal Wally Parr is not amongst the group, having been wounded earlier in the fighting.
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C" Company, 9th Parachute Battalion, taken on Salisbury Plain before D-Day. Private Ron Jones stands 10th from the right, 3rd row from the top
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Sam Rafferty (on the front row, bottom right, lying down) with his "B" Company, 8th Parachute Battalion comrades shortly before take-off for Operation Varsity on 24th March 1945. On the back row, second from the right is "Paddy" who later became mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchuan, Canada. Second from the left is possibly Jimmy Spencer. On the next row, first and second from the right respectively, are Jimmy Stagg and David Gooding, the latter was killed in action several hours later. On the second from front row, third from the right, is Fred Potts, one of the two battalion armourers.
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A" Company, 12th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment. Bert Milne is possibly on the front row, 2nd or 4th from the left
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No.3 Platoon, "A" Company, 13th Parachute Battalion, taken in October 1943.
Back row (left to right): Unknown, Whiteside, Eales, Smith, Unknown, West, Bardsley, Oliver, Barclay, Unknown, Unknown, Durnley, Unknown, Unknown, Corporal Unwin.
Middle row (left to right): Unknown, Birchall, Unknown, Sergeant M. Farrell, Sergeant T. Taylor, Sergeant G. Butler, Sergeant Lawley MM, Hawthorn MM, possibly Cave, also possibly Cave.
Front row (left to right): Unknown, Gospel, Brown, Lieutenant J. Watson MC, Darnell, Corporal Bott, Unknown.
Men of "B" Company, 8th Parachute Battalion.
B" Company, 8th Parachute Battalion, at Quastina, in Palestine, July 1946.
men of the 22nd Independent Parachute Company in 1943.
Men of the 22nd Independent Parachute Company, taken after the Normandy landings
Tetrarch light tank of the 6th Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment leaving its Hamilcar glider during a training exercise
Captain John Max, before the invasion, urging soldiers not to talk about any aspect of their training. The caption reads: "A wise old Owl - perched in an oak, The more he saw - the less he spoke, The less he spoke - the more he heard, Oh SOLDIER - imitate that bird!!". Captain Max was GSO-3 (Intelligence) to Divisional HQ. He was killed on the 6th June when his glider crashed to the east of the River Dives in the grounds of the Chateau de Grangues. The other men in the glider survived and were taken prisoner, however one of the glider pilots, Barry Powell, died on impact, and the other pilot, Duncan Wright, was murdered by soldiers of the 711th Division, together with the seven survivors of a crashed Stirling which was carrying men of the 591st Parachute Squadron and HQ Royal Engineers.
The senior Intelligence Officers of the 6th Airborne involved in the planning of the Division's role in Normandy. Left to right: Captain John Max (GSO-3, KIA 6th June 1944), Major Gerry Lacoste (GSO-2, Wounded 6th June), and Captain Freddie Scholes (GSO-3, KIA 16th June 1944).
Field Marshal Montgomery addressing 6th Airborne Division paratroopers in March 1944. His insistence upon wearing the Red Beret, which had been presented to him in Sicily by the former commander of the 1st Airborne Division, Major-General Hopkinson, who was later killed in Italy, did not go well amongst all members of the Parachute Regiment, who had of course worked very hard to earn theirs.
Glider Pilots being briefed shortly before the Invasion
Glider Pilots being briefed shortly before the Invasion.
Airborne troops receiving Invasion Currency. A Lieutenant of the Parachute Regiment is sitting behind the table, handing out the money.
A soldier of the Royal Corps of Signals (right) receiving Invasion Currency from a Captain and a Lieutenant of the Parachute Regiment.
Signalman John Easby (left) discussing his Invasion Currency with Douglas Davis at RAF Fairford on the 3rd June. Easby survived the War, however Signalman Davis was Killed in Action on the 6th June 1944
Paratroopers packing PIAT bombs into supply containers before D-Day.
Captured Airborne troops on the 6th June.
Captured Airborne troops being escorted by German guards. On the far right of the picture is the Glider Pilot, Staff-Sergeant Bill Ridgeway. His glider landed near Le Bas de Ranville
A group of 8th Battalion paratroopers taken prisoner shortly after landing. The two men in the foreground are Sergeant Arthur Cain and Corporal Reg Brownhill
Major Cramphorn (second from the left), commander of "A" Company, 13th Parachute Battalion, with three of his men who were separated from the Battalion for over month. They landed at Troarn and were sheltered by the French Resistance until they were able to rejoin their unit when Caen fell to Allied forces. Left to right: Company Sergeant Major McParlan, Private Bardsley, and Lance-Corporal West.
German mobile 20mm Anti-Aircraft gun, captured by the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment and used by Troopers C. Davies and L. Walden (pictured) against German aircraft. They successfully shot down a Bf-109 and Fw-190.
Lance-Corporals L. Barnett and A. Burton of the Provost Company dug in at a crossroads.
The 9th Parachute Battalion escorting German prisoners.
Freed Italian POW's under escort.
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An Airborne soldier in a village to the east of the River Orne.
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Captain Priday (centre), the Second-in-Command of "D" Company, 2nd Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, together with two men of No.4 Platoon, Private Frank Gardner (left) and Lance-Corporal B. H. Lambley. Their glider had landed eight miles from Ranville Bridge and it was not until the 7th June that they were able to rejoin the Company.
