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Membership of The Parachute Regimental Association is available to serving and ex members of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces and their families.

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Upcoming Events

  1. Hardwick Hall Commemoration Service 2025

    Location: Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire

    Sat 10 May 2025, 10:00

  2. 80th Commemoration of Victory in Europe

    Location: Knightswood Cross, Glasgow

    Sat 10 May 2025, 10:00

  3. Michael Willetts GC Memorial Day

    Location: Blidworth, Mansfield

    Sun 25 May 2025, 11:00

  4. Normandy 81 Commemorations 2025

    Location: Normandy, France

    05–07 Jun 2025

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Messenger of The Gods British Parachute Wings Pin Badge

Jimmy Grant’s Denison Smock

By Tommy Simpson Special thanks to Stuart McLaren for some of the photos Editorial Foreword Tommy…

  • Posted on 04 Apr 2025
  • 09 min read

Varsity Eighty Years On

By Prosper Keating The last major parachute and air-landing operation of the Second World War took…

  • Posted on 22 Mar 2025
  • 12 min read

FLASHBACKS — SOUTH ARMAGH 1973…

By Hermes History Editor Geoff Butler [Editorial Foreword — Hermes does not necessarily endorse the views of its contributors but…

  • Posted on 19 Dec 2024
  • 73 min read

Rachel Fisk 3 — The HSE acts…

By Ian Marshall Editorial Foreword Following-on from his hard-hitting HERMES article on the Sgt Rachel Fisk affair, Ian…

  • Posted on 23 Nov 2024
  • 36 min read

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Membership is open to all serving and ex members of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces and their families