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The PRA at The Tower of London

By Chris Dimond Military traditions are established in various ways. For many years, in Scottish Highland…

  • Posted on 20 Nov 2024
  • 12 min read

ARMY AIRBORNE HISTORY

By Prosper Keating The widely accepted version of parachute assault history is that the Soviet Union’s…

  • Posted on 19 Oct 2024
  • 54 min read

THE POPPY LADY

By Dick Merry [Editorial Foreword — 2024 being the 110th anniversary of the outbreak of the…

  • Posted on 16 Oct 2024
  • 22 min read

Cyprus 1956

Editorial Foreword What follows is an extract from a Parachute Regiment veteran’s memoir of his time…

  • Posted on 19 Sep 2024
  • 46 min read

Whisper Who Dares — Part 2

By Jock Love [The Airborne Poet Jock Love, detached from 4th Field Regiment Royal Artillery, to A…

  • Posted on 28 Jun 2024
  • 11 min read

Army PJIs Over Normandy

By Prosper Keating For any spectator, the sight and sound of a flight of wartime C47…

  • Posted on 20 Jun 2024
  • 21 min read

Whisper Who Dares — Part 1

By Jock Love [The Airborne Poet Jock Love, detached from 4th Field Regiment Royal Artillery, to A…

  • Posted on 17 Jun 2024
  • 14 min read