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The Parachute Regimental Association – Monthly Newsletter – February 2023
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The Parachute Regimental Association – Monthly Newsletter – January 2023
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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The Parachute Regimental Association – Monthly Newsletter – December 2022
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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The Parachute Regimental Association – Monthly Newsletter – November 2022
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PARACHUTE REGIMENT AND SAS VETERANS JUMP ON ARNHEM 2022
By Simon Chambers
[British Airborne Forces veteran and author Simon Chambers, whose books include Devil’s Playground and Shadow of the Vulture, jumped at Arnhem last September with the Pathfinder International parachuting club to commemorate the men who were killed …
Veterans Survey
Chester University are looking for participants who are from any ethnic minority to complete a questionnaire about their time in the Armed Forces.
There is also an interview part to the study where there’s a £30 voucher for participating.
For …
The Parachute Regimental Association Monthly Newsletter – October 2022
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THE KIEL CANAL DISASTER 1974
BY GEOFF BUTLER
EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION
The Kiel Canal accident on September 9th, 1974 is one of the many tragic events punctuating Parachute Regiment and British Airborne Forces history. The disaster claimed the lives of five men serving with 15 PARA …
The Parachute Regimental Association – Monthly Newsletter – September 2022
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Arnhem is the main
THE PARA WHO WOULDN’T DIE…
By Ian Marshall
Editorial Foreword
The French surgeons who put Lee Crudgington back together again after his horrific parachuting accident in southern France early last July didn’t hold out much hope of his survival …
The Parachute Regimental Association – Monthly Newsletter – August 2022
Hi Rai, I am no longer on the Coventry PRA branch committee. I have copied in the Secretary, Carl Adams.
The Parachute Regimental Association – Monthly Newsletter – August 2022
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DEREK CHAMBERS — PAINTING PARAS
By Prosper Keating
Derek Chambers is a self-taught painter. His natural talent and gift for scale and perspective shines through in works like ‘The Call-On, Isle of Dogs c.1950’. His …
The Parachute Regimental Association – Monthly Newsletter – July 2022
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PRA Memorial Dinner – 23 July 2022
Please see below the details of the dinner being held at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) on Saturday 23 July 2022.
The dinner is an annual event that takes place in a nearby hotel after The Annual General Meeting (AGM)
… THE ALDERSHOT BOMBING 1972
AN OVERDUE MEMORIAL by PROSPER KEATING
[Special thanks to Colin ‘Taff’ Edwards, Geoff Butler and others who sent in many of the photographs used in this article.]
The Parachute Regimental Association – Monthly Newsletter – June 2022
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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 …