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Please see below the details of the dinner being held at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) on Saturday 23 July 2022.
… AN OVERDUE MEMORIAL
[Special thanks to Colin ‘Taff’ Edwards, Geoff Butler and others who sent in many of the photographs used in this article.]

Fifty years to the …
The Parachute Regimental Association – Monthly Newsletter – June 2022
Please find attached the latest Association Newsletter. Some members may not be on email so if you can please pass on this information to them by telephone or by printing it and posting it through their door it would be …
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and
Reconciliation) Bill
A meeting is to be held at 1000hrs on 15 Jun 22 at HQ Army, Andover to enable various MOD agencies and the Veterans’ Commissioner, to brief and take questions on the NI Troubles (Information and Reconciliation) Bill which has …
NORTHERN IRELAND INQUEST
The Court Service Of Northern Ireland is preparing to hold a new inquest into the death of Desmond Healey, 14, who was killed in disputed circumstances during rioting in the Lenadoon area of west Belfast on August 9, 1971.
Members …
THE PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION – MONTHLY NEWSLETTER – MAY 2022
Please find attached the latest Association Newsletter. Some members may not be on email so if you can please pass on this information to them by telephone or by printing it and posting it through their door it would be …
Army Parachute Jump Instructors Part 2
By Ian Marshall
Editor’s Introduction

Ian Marshall, who served with 2 PARA, the Pathfinder Platoon and the Red Devils, is regarded as one of the most experienced parachutists in the world, with more than 12,500 …
Imperial War Museum 18 May 2022
South East Regional Secretary’s event …
Imperial War Museum … Free Admission. Book Your Tickets here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-london

When – 18th May 2022 …
So, make your own-way, Waterloo Main Line Station is 10 minutes-walk away, getting there…
THE PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION – MONTHLY NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2022
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ARMY PJIs SINCE 1940
by Prosper Keating

On April 28th 2017, RAF Brize Norton issued a communiqué: “For the first time since the Second World War, Physical Training Instructors from the British Army will graduate as Parachute Jump Instructors (PJIs) at RAF Brize …
SANGSAK 1944 – PART 1
THE INDIAN ARNHEM by Myles Sanderson

Foreword by the Editor
If the small groups of 50th (Indian) Para Bde survivors who made it back through the jungle to Imphal after the Battle of Sangshak felt defeated, they were wrong. …
AN ARNHEM WAR CRIME
Niall Cherry, late of 23 & 144 PFA, tells the story of The Two Lieutenants.

This is the story of two young officers from The Parachute Regiment who took part …
THE PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION – MONTHLY NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2022
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HM AIRBORNE FORCES AND THE FILM INDUSTRY
By Mark Briggs
Part 1
British government policy over the past two decades has been to encourage and grow the film industry in the United Kingdom. Many of the major Hollywood directors and production companies now base their film and …
ATHENA –– WOMEN WITH WINGS
By Prosper Keating
“THE MEN WON’T LIKE IT IF WE LET WOMEN HAVE PARACHUTE WINGS!”

We do not know who might have said this during the 1939-1945 War but someone decided …
THE PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION – MONTHLY NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2022
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Victoria Crosses to the Airborne
By Paul Raison

On 29th January 1856, Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross to reward extreme valour in the face of the enemy. Since then, there have been just 1,358 awards of the Victoria Cross, including three bars for second …
THE PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION – MONTHLY NEWSLETTER – JANUARY 2022
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SANGSHAK 1944 – CONTINUED
THE INDIAN ARNHEM by Myles Sanderson
Foreword by the Editor

John Sanderson was one of the few officers of the 152nd (Parachute) Battalion to survive the Battle of Sangshak in India in March 1944. John Sanderson’s autobiography Secret Service in …
THE PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION – MONTHLY NEWSLETTER – DECEMBER 2021
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