The association for serving and retired members of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces
THE PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION
On 1st October 2018, The Parachute Regimental Association (PRA) submitted a reply to the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) consultation paper: Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past. One of the main proposals of the NIO
The original manufacturer of the “clickers” used in the D-Day landings in Normandy, ACME Whistles, have launched an inspiring campaign to try and locate the original clickers issued to the American Airborne Division in 1944. Only …
On the 8 May 2019 members of the Midlands Region Parachute Regimental Association, complete with Standards, attended the annual VE Day Commemoration Service. On the day they were joined by members of Sir Winston Churchill’s family and serving members of …
Our speaker for the lunch next week is Andy Hall. He will talk about his experiences in Sierra Leone as one of the first foreign medics to respond to the Ebola crisis including how he came to set up the …
Service of Remembrance
National Memorial Arboretum
11.30am Saturday 14th September 2019
This years’ service
will be held at 11.30am on Saturday 14th September 2019 at the National
Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.
The service will commemorate and remember all
those who …
Please see below the latest Association Newsletter
If you would like to submit anything for inclusion in subsequent issues please send them to me at: secretary@prahq.com no later than the 25th of the month.
Please check out the events
During the occupation of post-World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies’ railway, road and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
Britain and it allies responded by initiating the largest airlift in history, …
The Parachute Regiment cannot comment on the legal aspects of this case or any other of the current cases. However, The Regiment will do everything that it can for any of its veterans involved in the various Northern Ireland legacy …
PRA member John Stephen Thomas
The Chief Minister told John that he has great admiration and respect for Airborne Forces.
John served …
The 10th Parachute Battalion in Somerby 1943-1944
As members of 10 (V) Para in the closing stages of the Cold War in the 1980s, we were very proud to attend the commemorations of the wartime 10 Para in the …