Group photograph of 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment Athletics Team, 1957. 1 PARA in front of Buckingham Palace, 1969. C Company, 1 PARA in The Havelock Arms in Aldershot, c 1958. Once selected, they receive further training on additional weapons, communications equipment and specialist assault skills. Paratroopers attend a pre-operation briefing. HRH The Prince of Wales on a visit to 1 PARA. Montgomery Barracks, Berlin. L/Cpl Terry Miller checking a civilian worker entering Whittington camp, Cyprus 1958. Another rapid operation was conducted the following September when A Company Group was suddenly deployed for Operation BARRAS, a joint SAS rescue mission to save British military hostages held by a rebel group called the west side Boys. Joint Parachute Regiment and RUC foot patrol. It was established on 1 April 1961 with the formation of the Parachute Battalion. The battalion was central to the events of Bloody Sunday, 30 January 1972, when they opened fire on unarmed civil rights demonstrators leaving 14 civilians dead and 13 wounded. 1 Platoon, A Coy, 1 PARA, Hythe & Lydd March and Shoot, 1979. Members of Mortars Platoon, 1 PARA, Portugal 1986. 1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment; South Saskatchewan Regiment; Staffordshire Yeomanry; 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment; 1/5th Battalion The Queens Royal Regiment; 1/5th Battalion The Welch Regiment; 4th Battalion The Welch Regiment; 1st Battalion The Welch Guards; 2nd Battalion The Welch Guards; 22 West minster Dragoons RTR R.A.C Programme for the Presentation of Colours at Aldershot, 1998. 1964-6 Lt Col JDC Graham, OBE 1976-9 Lt Col JB Brierley, OBE Two Paras on guard as Colours are marched passed, 1 PARA Public Duties, 1969. The Battalion covered the eventful withdrawal from Aden in 1967 after 127 years of British rule. Signed print of 1950 Colours presentation. Cpl Tom Speakman (Royal Signals) and Pte Kevin Bacon (RAMC), 1 PARA, Aden 1967. Musketeer operation log from November 5-11 1956. Three members of A Coy, 1 PARA, in Troodos Mountains, 1956. Steve Lewis and Mick 'Albert' Smith, 1 PARA, Omeath South Armagh 1978. Listen to music by Dance Orchestra of the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment on Apple Music. C/Sgt Paul Tonks on sniper duties, Lungi Airport, Sierra Leone, 2000. 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It was under the command of a Lieutenant Colonel and was 565 men strong (plus 18 attached Navy medical personnel), slightly larger than the US Army's 530-man strong Parachute Battalion. Kostenlose Lieferung für viele Artikel! Presentation of colours by King George VI to 1, 2 and 3 PARA, Aldershot 1950. Members of A Coy, 1 PARA, Snake Island, Cyprus, 1956. Frank Fletcher and Patrick Henry, Mortar Live Firing in Norway, 1987. 1942 Lt Col SJL Hill, MC Members of 2 Platoon, A Coy, 1 PARA, Cyprus, 1956. 2005-7 Lt Col MP Christie, MBE B Company, 1 PARA. Graffiti on a building wall giving the Irish view of many emergency tours. Programme for the Presentation of Colours at Rushmoor Arena, 1974. In 2003, they were deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operation Telic in Iraq. The 1st Battalion can trace its origins to 1940, when the No. The King and Queen meet the RSMs of the regular battalions, Aldershot 19 July 1950. The Colours of the 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment. Support Coy's NCOs landing at Lungi Airfield as part of 1 PARA Battle Group, Sierra Leone, May 2000. Mortar Platoon, 1 PARA in Otterburn Camp for the annual Army Mortar Platoon Concentration in 1986. Members of 1 PARA after storming the Police Post and Barracks, Canal Zone, Egypt, January 1952. Richy Clatworthy and Craig Iredale, B Coy 1 PARA, Yakima USA, 1996. Date Unknown. Tours were to continue intermittently and total 96 months up to September 2005. Ptes Jim Pidgeon and Chris Chapman, 1 PARA, at Whittington Camp Nicosia Cyprus 1958. 1988-90 Lt Col RW Trigger MBE The Parachute Regiment is the airborne infantry regiment of the British Army. The insignia of the 1st Foreign Paratrooper Battalion was created in 1948 by Commandant Segrétain, battalion commander Chef de Bataillon, CBA of the 1 er BEP. The First Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), forms the United Kingdom's Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).[1]. Bobby Rankin and Alex Dunbar,C Coy 1 PARA, Canal Zone. With tension in the Pacific rapidly growing throughout 1941, and with German U-boats venturing in the St. Lawrence the following year, National Defence Headquarters reviewed its response strategy in case of an enemy attack on Canadian soil. 'Cpl Ringway' on deployment to Berlin with 1 PARA, c.1974. It participated in the amphibious landings at Suez during the crisis in November, before being back in Cyprus again in 1958. 1998-00 Lt Col P Gibson, DSO, MBE 1945-6 Lt Col TCH Pearson, DSO Along with various other regiments and corps from across the British Armed Forces, it forms the United Kingdom's Special Forces Support Group (SFSG). Nick Woolmer & 'Geordie' Craft, 1 PARA Mortar Platoon, undated. Northern Ireland Tours: The Airborne Shop is the official shop of Support Our Paras (The Parachute Regiment Charity RCN1131977). An airborne light infantry unit, the battalion has since 2006 been the main contributor of manpower to the Special Forces Support Group and is capable of a wide range of operations. In 2006, it was announced that the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, would in future be based at RAF St Athan, in Wales, and assigned to the Special Forces Support Group, which is part of the United Kingdom Special Forces. Mick Flannigan, Ian Barrie and Jack Fisher, A Coy, 1 PARA, town patrol Crossmaglen, 1978. 1 PARA Colour Party Airborne Forces Day Golden Jubilee July 1992. 1986-8 Lt Col JG Reith, OBE (1st Battalion I believe) He fought at Arnhem in September 1944. 2014 Lt Col AJE Truett MBE. 1946-8 Lt Col EJB Nelson, DSO, MC, 1 PARA: 1942-3 Lt Col AS Pearson, DSO, MC Their firm action during Operation PALLISER stabilised the situation. During the 1960s 1 PARA served with the Bahrain garrison between 1962-3, a United Nations peace-keeping tour in Cyprus in early 1964 before returning to Bahrain again in 1965 and 1966. Group photograph of C Coy, 1 PARA, July 1979, Group photo of C Coy 'Marauders' resting before a night patrol, Hong Kong, 1980, 1 PARA Spearhead Tour 1981-1982 CS 11c and 11d, 1 Para Anti Tanks waiting for helicopter transport Fermanagh 1982. Mortar Platoon,1 PARA, Palace Barracks, Northern Ireland, 1972. Find top songs and albums by Dance Orchestra of the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment including The Joyful Skeleton, Fanfare & Soliloquy and more. Recce Platoon, 1 PARA, Oman, Date unknown. Group photograph of 1 Para Officers (prior to Arnhem), Bourne, 1944. The Officers of The 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Egypt, May, 1952. The battalion was involved in the NATO operations in Kosovo in 1999, Operation Agricola. Group photo of 1 PARA Canoe Team for the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race, 1961, Anti Tank Platoon 1 PARA Albuhera Barracks Aldershot circa 1960/61, 1 Para Athletics team (Army Inter Unit Athletics Team Champions) 1961, Lt. General Harrington (former CO 1 Para) with some who served with him, in Bahrain 1964. Members of 1 PARA Anti-Tank Platoon circa 1975, Members of 7 Plt, C Coy 1 PARA taken on Dhekelia Ranges Cyprus late 1970s, Members of 7 Plt C Coy 1 PARA awaiting transport out of Forkhill 1978. Op BANNER May - Oct 1982 4 Months In May 2000 a 1 PARA Battle Group conducted a rapid deployment to Freetown Sierra Leone to protect a Services Evacuation of UK and other civilian nationals threatened by rebel forces. 'Pete' Townsend Steve Lewis and 'Hughie' McGee, B Coy 1 PARA, Fort Campbell Kentucky, 1979. Greg Allen and Paul Skidmore, A Coy, 1 PARA, emergency tour in Northern Ireland, c1982. The First Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) is a battalion sized formation of the British Army's Parachute Regiment and subordinate unit within 16th Air Assault Brigade, but is permanently attached to the Special Forces Support Group. The emergency deployment was authorised in order to provide the resident Gurkha battalion with some much-needed respite, and 1 PARA arrived at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong on 3 February 1980 in bitter cold. 1995-98 Lt Col J James, MBE 1 PARA entraining from Aldershot prior to Cyprus, 1951. Terence Gillott (Gilly as we called him) with Rod Escott, during gun practice, Cyprus, 1956. 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment.... 1948.07: 4th/6th Parachute Bn redesignated 1st Bn The Parachute Regiment. 1 Para HQ Coy. Op NIBAT 1 Mar - Sep 2005 6 Months From mid 1951 to 1954 it saw active service in Cyprus, the Canal Zone in Egypt and during counter-terrorist operations against EOKA in Cyprus in 1956. Three years later the 16th Air Assault Brigade advanced into Iraq in February 2003 as part of the Anglo-American Coalition to secure the Rumaylah and West Qurnah Oil Fields during the second Iraq War. A Company, 1 PARA, NATO Challenge Cup Winners, Denmark 1983. Members of 1 PARA Battle Group on Operation Telic, Iraq, March 2003. Hong Kong, 1980. [7] The second official inquiry of the killings found 1st Paras actions unjustified and unjustifiable.[8]. #1Fury Paratroopers continue to train for anything and everything! On 22 March 1941, a detachment of new "parachutists" together with several riggers, arrived at San Diego, where it was organized as the 2d Parachute Company. On 6th June the 1 PARA group reinforced by 125 men from 3 PARA was deployed in Macedonia under 5 Airborne Brigade to spearhead a forced entry by the NATO KFOR Peacekeeping Force. Report on items recovered from EOKA during operations in Cyprus. HQ Company of 1 PARA en route to Port Said by sea. An airborne light infantry unit, the battalion has since 2006 been the main contributor of manpower to the Special Forces Support Group and is capable of a wide range of operations. Citation for the award of the MBE to WO2 'Tom' Foster, 1967. Make a donation to Airborne Assault ParaData to help preserve the history of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces. Paratrooper holding a SA 80 gun on foot patrol through a housing estate. Bob Craft and Al Slater, 1 PARA, South Armagh, 1977. There are currently no comments for this content. Part of Chalk 7, 1 Para prior to emplaning for Ex Brownjug Denmark, 1957. The United Nations Mission troops in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) were under strength and of insufficient quality to face down rebel forces intent on encroaching the capital. 1 Para Anti Tank Team, notice behind them are the Buffalo landing craft from WW2, Photo of Phillip Colechin and another Airborne soldier, Group photo of members of 1st Bn, 3" Mortar Pln, Cyprus 1956, Egbert, 1 Para's parachuting monkey landing in Bahrain, 1964, 1 PARA Anti Tank Platoon Live Fire Exercise Hohne Germany, 1 Para Anti Tank Platoon - live fire of a Milan, Members of 1 PARA Anti-Tank Platoon, Grunewald Forest Berlin, 1975. Two paratroopers on a foot patrol through a housing estate. Pte Cutler (Left) and Cpl Greenwood observe a riot. The … More recently the Battalion has been re-designated a specialist role as infantry support to UK Special Forces operations in various theatres throughout the world. Members of 2 Platoon, A Company, 1 PARA, relaxing, England, c1957. Op BANNER Jul - Nov 1988 4 Months When the 16th Parachute Brigade disbanded in 1977, 1 PARA became part of 6th Field Force on its return to the UK and completed an Emergency Tour in Hong Kong in 1980. Training and four more Northern Ireland tours preceded the Battalion’s first conventional deployment since Suez in 1956. The Chaplain-General conducting the Consecration Service of the Colours, Aldershot 19 July 1950. Based at RAF St Athan, their barracks in South Wales, personnel regularly deploy outside of the United Kingdom on operations and training. Residential Feb 91 - Jul 93 30 Months Parachutists at the Colours Presentation to 1, 2 and 3 PARA at Queens Avenue, Aldershot, 1998. ‘Fort Walsh’ named after the CO typified the well defended strong-poi. 2002-5 Lt Col T Beckett It was disbanded in 1948, only to be reformed by the renumbering of the 4th/6th Battalion. Three members of 1 PARA, Op Banner, c1970. Greg Allen, Mick O'Connell and Tony McCann, 1 PARA, Oman, 1982. Pte Richard Joyce sitting in an Austin Champ. Members of 1 PARA drop from a Hastings, 1950s. 1984-6 Lt Col MD Jackson, MBE Members of 2 Platoon, A Company, 1 PARA, England, c1957. 2 Commando were trained as parachutists. The Mascot leads the way as 1 PARA marching out of the barracks to receive the Freedom of Aldershot, September 1957, Group portrait of 3 Platoon, A Coy, 1 Para, Oct 1957. Colours being paraded at Buckingham Palace, 1 PARA Public Duties, 1969. 1962-4 Lt Col PDF Thursby OBE 1969-71 Lt Col MS Gray, OBE Major John Rymer-Jones, 2ic 1 PARA, 1969. Discussion. 1943-4 Lt Col P Cleasby-Thompson, MBE, MC Finden Sie Top-Angebote für 1st Battalion,Parachute Regiment, 1PARA, bordeux bei eBay. (See below for list). The Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Walsh, established aggressive surveillance from fortified observation posts (OPs) covering the main thoroughfares in the highly volatile Sheik Othman and Al Mansura districts of Aden. Op BANNER Oct 1969 - Feb 1970 4 Months Personnel regularly deploy outside of the United Kingdom on operations and training. Pte Greg Allen, 1 PARA, waiting to go out Northern Ireland, 1982. Prince Charles at the Colours Presentation, Queen's Avenue, Aldershot, 1998. 9 Platoon, C Company, 1 PARA, Oman, 1989. The Address by HM King George VI at the Colours presentation, 19 July 1950. Copehill Down, 1999. 3 were here. 1944 Lt Col KT Darling, DSO 1 Para C Coy 7 Pln on return from Cyprus 1956, Passing out parade 40 Pln, Aldershot 1955, Petula Clark with Pegasus 1, 1Para mascot, Pte Brian N Newbold with members of 1Para. Members of 2 Platoon, A Coy, 1 PARA, Aldershot, 1956. Letter from Prince Charles to Alfred Pope. Presentation of Colours, programme of events, 15 July 1974. Booklet for the presentation of the Colours by HM King George VI, 19 July 1950. 1990-93 Lt Col AWJ Kennett 2 Platoon, A Company, 1 PARA, Aldershot, May 1991. Find the perfect 1st battalion parachute regiment stock photo. After the war the battalion was reconstituted in 1946, and affiliated to the Brigade of Guards and served with the 6th Airborne Division in Palestine. 1 PARA Close Observation Platoon, Edinburgh 1982. Within five days of the Emir’s request 8,000 British troops had deployed to Kuwait including the carrier HMS Bulwark and a naval task force with the Aircraft Carrier HMS Victorious positioned in the Gulf. L/Cpl Brian Taylor, 1 PARA, at an Observation Post on the Hong Kong border, 1980, Refugees apprehended at the border and awaiting transportation, Hong Kong, 1980, 1 PARA patrol escorts illegal immigrants on the Hong Kong border, 1980, The Pegasus patrol embark on a mountain patrol on the Hong Kong border, 1980, Soldiers from A Coy, 1 PARA in a border Observation Post, Hong Kong, 1980, Pte Wells with 'Billy', B Coy 1 PARA mascot, in mountain border region, Hong Kong, 1980, Paras loading a resupply helicopter on the Tolo Peninsular, Hong Kong, 1980, 1 PARA Raiders preparing for a coastal border patrol, Hong Kong, 1980, B Company 1 PARA pause on a grassy slope before patrolling, Hong Kong, 1980, Five paratroopers attend to their laundry on camp, Hong Kong, 1980, Men of C Coy 1 PARA with illegal immigrants caught at the border with China, Hong Kong, 1980, Governor Sir Murray Macclehose meets men from C Coy 1 PARA, Hong Kong, 1980, 1 PARA soldiers on Robins Nest, Hong Kong border region, 1980, Dave Colton (left) and Al Boardman, 1 PARA Anti-Tank Platoon, Crest Hill Op Hong Kong 1980. 2012-14 Lt Col ED Sandry (Formed Jul 48 from 4th/6th Para Bn) In 1974 the Battalion was awarded new colours (the first since 1950) alongside the other three regular battalions and 4 PARA. Dave Wood with 'shot up' tea urn, 1 PARA, Canada 1980. In 1955, the battalion returned to North Africa to become a regiment and to take part in the Algerian War (1954-62). Capt R Donnellan and Russian Airborne soldiers, Rhyazan, Russia, 1998. The 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (4 PARA), is a Territorial Army (TA) unit of the British Army.It is based across the U.K. 1959-61 Lt Col J Awdry The Marine Parachute Battalion was an airborne formation that was formed around the same time as the U.S. Army was raising its first Parachute Infantry Regiments. Members of 1 PARA Mortar Platoon on exercise in Norway, mid 1980s. The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) The present day 1 st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, also known as 1 PARA was formed in 1948 from the 4 th and 6 th Battalions. 1 PARA conducting arrests and body searches in Londonderry, January 1972. Members of A Coy, 1 PARA, Spearhead Tour, Northern Ireland, c1982. Alex Dunbar and Bobby Rankin, C Coy, 1 PARA, Fayid Egypt, Canal Zone, 1950s. The First Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), forms the United Kingdom's Special Forces Support Group (SFSG). Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1979. Sgt Chris Forrester on ceremonial duties at Edinburgh Castle, 1981. Das 1st Marine Parachute Regiment (deutsch 1. 1966-8 Lt Col MJH Walsh, DSO 1st Marine Parachute Battalion, unit history. Typical accomodation for soldiers during the early days of the troubles. Die unterstellten Verbände werden wie viele Luftlandeeinheiten anderer Nationen als Elite-Einheit angesehen, was durch den harten Dienst und die strenge Auswahl bedingt ist. The 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion (1 er BEP, III Formation) becomes the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (1 er REP) in Algeria on September 1, 1955. They were based at Hardwick Hall near Chesterfield having carried out parachute training at No 1 Parachute Training School at Ringway near Manchester. Op BANNER (RRB) Dec 2000 - Jun 2001 6 Months Lt checks details on clipboard, 1 PARA Public Duties, 1969, 1 PARA on duty at the Tower of London, 1969. Members of 1 PARA, Northern Ireland, c1970. 1973-6 Lt Col PS Field, MC Werbefrei streamen oder als CD und MP3 kaufen bei Amazon.de. Members of a section from A Coy, 1 PARA, with a Turkish Cypriot Policeman, at the base of Kyrenia Mountains, Cyprus, 1956. French Foreign Legion Badge 1st battalion parachute regiment rare The very last listing of my collection, thanks to all that have shown interest. He was captured and sent to Stammlager 357 - Hut E4. A large number of Allied service personnel managed to escape, against Army orders, into the neighbouring hills and countryside before the Germans had time to move in and reassert control over the camps. 1941-2 Lt Col EE Down A 1 PARA Coyote on static display at IWM Duxford 17 June 2012, Map Detailing 1 PARA's positions in Aden, 1967, 1st Parachute Battalion practise airborne assaults in Cyprus, First patrols and the evacuation of civilians, Continuing the evacuation of civilians and flying in resupplies to Sierra Leone, Show of strength and fire power demonstration of 1 PARA in Freetown, 1 PARA Pre-Northern Ireland Riot Training 1988: Lydd and Hythe (Silent), 1 PARA Pre-Northern Ireland Riot Training 1988: Lydd and Hythe (Silent) Part 2, Ground training live fire exercise, Arctic Norway, 1986, 5 Airborne Bde and Arctic Role 1 PARA 1986: Further TALO, (Silent), 5 Airborne Bde and Arctic Role 1 PARA 1986: Main Bde Para drop, (Silent), 5 Airborne Bde and Arctic Role 1 PARA 1986: Arctic Jump AMF(L) Norway, 1 PARA, Part 1 (Silent), 5 Airborne Bde and Arctic Role 1 PARA 1986: Arctic Jump AMF(L) Norway 1 PARA, Part 2 (Silent), 5 Airborne Bde and Arctic Role 1 PARA 1986: Tactical Air-Land Operations (TALO). Crossmaglen Army Base following an IRA mortar attack, c1989. Citation for the award of the Military Medal to L/Cpl James Duncan, august 1967. 1 Parachute Battalion (Ex Alto Vincimus) is the only full-time paratroop unit of the South African Army. 7 Platoon, D Company, The First Battalion The Parachute Regiment, Germany 1948. Para and Free fall helmet of Peter Wildblood, Pte Arnold and airborne colleagues, possibly 1st Bn Germany, c1948, A Coy 1 PARA Hildersheim BAOR circa 1948 Pte Mathews in foreground, L/Cpl Arnold and colleague possibly Germany 1948, Germany - Lance Cpl Arnold on the left c1948. The 1 PARA battle group with D COY 2 PARA was in place, within 64 hours of receiving the first telephone call. The 1st Battalion is permanently under the command of the Director Special Forces in the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG). 1st Bn (1940-1945) The Parachute Regiment, 2nd Reunion, Saturday 24 April 1971. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. 1 PARA First Team for the Army Football Cup Final in the BAOR, 1975/76, Men of 1 PARA prepare for a parachute drop. 1 Para "D" Company Reunion St Athan 2007. 1951. Der Verband wurde 1942 aufgestellt. eBay Marketplaces GmbH (of Helvetiastraße15-17, 3005, Bern, Switzerland) is authorised by the FCA to conduct credit broking for a … Photo Album: Presentation of The Parachute Regiment's first Colours, Aldershot 19 July 1950. The Parachute Regiment (Paras) The Parachute Regiment, or 'The Paras', was formed during World War 2. November 1956. Four members of 1 PARA, Northern Ireland, 1980s. Andy Warner, Steve Lewis,'Taff' Pearce, B Coy, 1 PARA, South Armagh, 1978. 1950-1 Lt Col CHP Harrington, DSO, MC [4] All men within the Parachute Regiment can expect to serve with the SFSG on rotation. The King and Queen with officers of 1 PARA, Aldershot 19 July 1950. 1981-4 Lt Col I McLeod, OBE, MC Colours Presentation, Queen's Avenue, Aldershot, July 1998. 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment trains Paratroopers, Jumpmasters, and Pathfinders in order to provide the Department of Defense with Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines to conduct airborne operations anywhere DOD-wide, forge the Paratrooper spirit in the junior leadership of the DOD and to provide a world-class quality of life for our Soldiers, Civilians, and Army Families. (For further information on the 1st Parachute Battalion which was formed in 1941, please click here). Entdecken Sie The 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment von Dance Orchestra of the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment The Military Band Fanfare Trumpeters bei Amazon Music. Three years of public duties followed in Edinburgh until in January 1983 the Battalion moved to Bulford and took on the Ace Mobile Force Land (AMF(L)) role. Group photograph of A Coy, 1 PARA on an exercise in Norway, Regimental mascots on parade, Aldershot, early 1960s, C Coy 1 PARA Palace Barracks, Holywood Northern Ireland, 1971. Report on successes achieved during operations in Cyprus. If you are currently a ParaData member please login. Teileinheiten sind bedingt MFF-fallschirmsprungtauglich. 'Ginge' Mason and Greg Allen, 1 PARA, Norway, c1987. My father, George Henry Beynon of Aberavon, South Wales, was in the 1st Parachute Regiment. Table VIII is a 48-hour course testing the medical competency of individual medics. A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war between Republican IRA and Protestant para-military groups during the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ that were to last 37 years. I would appreciate any information your readers can supply. Op BANNER Jun - Dec 1997 6 Months Commanding Officers: 1st Parachute Battalion The 1 PARA Battle Group secured the Kacanik Defile on the Macedonian border in an air-mobile helicopter insertion spearheading the entry of the NATO KFOR Peace Keeping Force into Kosovo in 1999. Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess, 1 PARA, July 1996. My father, George Henry Beynon of Aberavon, South Wales, was in the 1st Parachute Regiment. After a further UN tour in Cyprus at the end of 1976 a two-year tour followed with the Berlin Garrison. 1944-5 Lt Col DT Dobie, DSO Op BANNER Apr - Jul 1978 4 Months Thereafter the Battalion assumed responsibility to restore order in the anarchic conditions that prevailed in the capital of Pristina, when the operation transitioned to peace-keeping. Pte Len Wright at the helm with members of 1 PARA, river patrol, c1956. No need to register, buy now! Formed as a battalion in Algeria in 1948, the unit participated in the First Indochina War (1946-54), where it was two times annihilated in action. The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (1er REP) was an airborne unit of the French Foreign Legion. (For further information on the 1 st Parachute Battalion which was formed in 1941, please click here) A patrol of 1 PARA stand in front of an old stone building. Members of 1 PARA and 4 PARA after gaining their American Jump Wings. On 2 March 1942, the unit was redesignated as the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment. Sep 48: Germany: Hannover District: 16 Indep Para Bde Group: 1949.10: England: Albuhera Barracks, Aldershot: 16 Indep Para Bde Group . The 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), is a battalion of the British Army's Parachute Regiment. The other battalions are the parachute infantry component of the British Army's rapid response formation, 16 Air Assault Brigade. The first of its 12 Northern Ireland Op BANNER emergency tours began at the end of 1969, including the ‘Bloody Sunday’ riots in Londonderry on 30th January 1972. Steve Lewis with M1 carbine, with 'Skiddy' and Andy Mason in the background, 1 PARA, date unknown. The battalion took part in operation in Tunisia and Italy before dropping into the Netherlands in September 1944, as part of Operation Market Garden. Butler Street, 2nd February 1971. Profits from all sales made through our shop go directly to Support Our Paras, so every purchase you make with us will directly benefit The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces. 1948-50 Lt Col JH Cubbon, OBE The mission was completely successful. Das Parachute Regiment (PARA) stellt den wesentlichen Anteil der Infanterie der Luftlandetruppen der British Army. Members of 1 PARA at Ash Ranges, Aldershot, 1951. The Official Page of The Parachute Regiment, HM Forces Four winters in Norway as the Army’s Mountain and Arctic Battalion followed until May 1987 when the battalion returned to Aldershot, joining the 5th Airborne Brigade. Alan Beynon. Group photograph of 1st Battalion Sergeants Mess, Moascar, Egypt, 1953, Coronation Party from the Parachute Regiment parade on HM The Queen's Coronation, 2 June 1953. Lt Ted Loden with Major Richard Dawnay, Company Commander D Coy 1 PARA, Radfan c1965. Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster. Cpl Joe Lee takes the Salute as 1 PARA marches past on the occasion of his leaving the Army after 22 year's service, 1976. 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