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	The Parachute Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne Infantry element of the British Army.
		A Würzburg radar on the coast of France was attacked by British Paratroopers in Operation Biting on February 27, 1942.
		During the Allied invasion of Italy the British 1st Airborne Division landed by sea near the port of Taranto in the 'heel' of Italy (Operation Slapstick).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Parachute_Regiment (2420 words)

	Bloody Sunday (1972) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The aggression against the British troops escalated, and eventually the order was given to mobilise the troops in an arrest operation, chasing the tail of the main group of marchers to the edge of the field by Free Derry Corner.
		The official army position, backed by the British Home Secretary the next day in the House of Commons, was that the Paratroopers had reacted to the threat of gunmen and nail-bombs from suspected IRA members.
		However, all eye-witnesses (apart from the soldiers), including marchers, local residents, and British and Irish journalists present, maintain that soldiers fired into an unarmed crowd, or were aiming at fleeing people and those tending the wounded, whereas the soldiers themselves were not fired upon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1972) (2764 words)

	Tarrackin's UK Parachute Regiment page
		The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne spearhead for those operations in which the British Army is involved. They must be able to be deployed rapidly and capable of fighting in any environment; arctic, jungle, desert or urban surroundings (FIBUA or Fighting in Built Up Areas).
		The Parachute Regiment has and will continue to be a major spearhead element to any major engagement where the British Army is involved.
		Training in the Parachute Regiment is some of the toughest of its kind in the world, and it has to be.
	juni0r.orcon.net.nz /paraspage.html (4107 words)

	The British Army Parachute Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne spearhead for those operations in which the British Army is involved.
		The Regimental Headquarters for the Parachute Regiment is based in currently in Aldershot but will soon be moved to Colchester in order to be with the 16th Air Assault Brigade.
		This is the point where a recruit has become a trained soldier, a Paratrooper in one of the most Elite regiments of the British Army and indeed one of the most elite fighting forces of the world.
	afwweb.orcon.net.nz /para.html (4559 words)

	3rd Brigade WW2 Reenactors - Glider Pilot Regiment
		The Parachute Regiment adopted its own distinctive cap badge, so the Glider Pilot Regiment and two of the independent Parachute Companies were the only units that used the "AAC" cap badge during the war.
		Volunteers for the Regiment had to be at least the rank of Sergeant, "and be of exceptional high educational and medical standard", and pass the RAF Aircrew selection Board.
		Chatterton, the regiment's commander, expressed grave concerns about these conditions and was given the option of being relieved of his command or go forward with the plans he was given.
	www.6th-airborne.org /gpr.html (2839 words)

	Regimental Colours and Battle Honours of the Parachute Regiment
		The initial unit selected for parachute training was No 2 Commando this title was changed to the 11th Special Air Service and later to 1st Parachute Battalion and finally to ' the 1st Parachute Battalions in the 1st Parachute Brigade'.
		The Parachute Regiment formally established as a regiment in 1942.
		Second Colours of The Parachute Regiment were presented by Her Majesty The Queen to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions, and first Colours to the 4th(Volunteer) Battalion at Rushmoor Area, Aldershot on July 15th 1974.
	members.tripod.com /~audgen/parahonours1.htm (1173 words)

	The Parachute Regiment
		The Parachute Regiment was formed as the result of a call by Winston Churchill, in June of 1940, for the raising of 'a corps of at least five thousand parachute troops'.
		The initial unit selected for parachute training was No 2 Commando this title was changed to the 11th Special Air Service and later to 1st Parachute Battalion and finally to the 1st Parachute Battalions in the 1st Parachute Brigade.
		The 6th Airborne Division included the 3rd and 5th Parachute and the Air Landing Brigades, Major General R. Gale OBE MC was the commander of 6th Airborne Division on D Day.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Bunker/1944/parargt.htm (631 words)

	Le coin des livres
		Parachute Pathfinder Company : a history of 21st Independent Parachute Company, the original pathfinders of British Airborne Forces 1942-1946, Batsford, Londres, 1979.
		Shortt James G. The Paras, the British parachute regiment, Uniforms illustrated,Arms and Armour Press.
		History of the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment from its formation to the Battle of Arnhem, Gale and Polden, Londres, 1946.
	perso.orange.fr /passion.histoire/paralivr.htm (470 words)

	Ananova - UK army fears for hostages in Sierra Leone
		British negotiators have expressed new fears for the safety of six British army hostages after fighting broke out near where the group is being held.
		British army spokesman Lt Cmdr Tony Cramp said negotiators feared that "problems" between the sparring factions could jeopardise the safety of the soldiers.
		The British hostages, members of the 1st Irish Regiment, were stationed at Benguema, about 25 miles east of Freetown, where British instructors were training Sierra Leonean army recruits.
	www.ananova.com /news/story/sm_56525.html (286 words)

	Parachute Regiment
		The main aim of having a Parachute Unit to any country is for quick deployment of the solders behind enemy lines to attack the enemy from behind & destroy their first line of defence.
		The parachute units of the Indian Army are among the oldest airborne units in the world.
		In 1944, it was decided to form a division (44th Indian Parachute Division) & at the same time the formation of the Indian Parachute Regiment as a separate entity was authorized.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/india/rgt-para.htm (988 words)

	The Parachute Regiment [UK]
		Operational Deployments of The Parachute Regiment 1941 to 1945, by John S. Mitchell.
		Operational Deployments of The Parachute Regiment 1946 to 1999, by John S. Mitchell.
		The Parachute Regiment Association, Lothian Branch, by John Dingwall.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/specfor/para.htm (975 words)

	Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Otway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The British dead could easily be retrieved and buried but the Germans lay on ground that was too exposed for the paratroopers to risk venturing out into, however something needed to be done, not just out of respect for the dead, but also for the living as the stench was becoming unbearable.
		The 9th Battalion, part of 3rd Parachute Brigade, was given the task of destroying the coastal battery at Merville before the seaborne invasion began at dawn on June 6, and afterwards of occupying a key feature on the heavily invested defence perimeter on the Allies' eastern flank.
		He transferred to the Parachute Regiment and, in March 1944, was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on taking command of 9th Parachute Battalion.
	www.ornebridgehead.org /terence_otway.htm (9214 words)

	PFC IRELAND NEWS UPDATES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Further evidence of a British Army gunman on the City Walls, is confirmed by tape recordings of military communications made at the time by a radio ham who worked in William Street.
		These show that the commander of the Parachute Regiment was aware of the existence of the British Army sniper.
		Lee Clegg, a member of the British Parachute Regiment, was convicted of the murder of Karen Reilly, a teenager who was shot dead by Clegg and other members of the Parachute Regiment.
	www.serve.com /pfc/weekly/inu.19jan97.html (1865 words)

	AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Mountbatten execution, which struck at the very heart of the British establishment, was followed by an IRA ambush at Narrow Water near Warrenpoint, County Down, which resulted in the deaths of 18 members of the British Army's Parachute Regiment.
		In the Narrow Water ambush a 500lb bomb planted in a lorry loaded with hay was detonated by the IRA as a British Army convoy passed, killing six Paras.
		The ambush at Narrow Water was followed by wild and indiscriminate shooting from the British Army across the nearby border with the 26 Counties, during which an uninvolved civilian was shot and killed.
	republican-news.org /archive/2001/August23/24hist.html (261 words)

	British Army
		British Army English Infantry Regimental figurines and statuettes. In this section we've sculpted a series of high quality British Army English Infantry figurines which depict Soldiers of the English Infantry Regiments from a Napoleonic Wars Infantryman to the present day. They are ideal as military gifts and military presentations and regimental collectables.
		British Army Welsh Infantry Regimental figurines and statuettes. In this section we've sculpted a series of high quality British Army Welsh Infantry figurines which depict Soldiers of the Welsh Infantry Regiments from a Napoleonic Wars Infantryman to the present day. They are ideal as military gifts and military presentations and regimental collectables.
		British Army Gurkha Regimental figurines and statuettes. In this section we've sculpted a series of high quality British Army Gurkha figurines which depict Gurkha's of the Gurkha Regiment from World War 1 to the present day. They are ideal as military gifts and military presentations and regimental collectables.
	www.ballantynes-figurines.co.uk /acatalog/British_Army.html (669 words)

	The Army Black Beret (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The regiment selected the headgear for its practicality--brimless for use with armored vehicle fire control sights and fl to hide grease stains.
		The color reportedly was chosen by novelist Daphne Du Maurier, the wife of the British airborne commander, MG Frederick Browning.
		The 75th Ranger Regiment and we of the post-Korean and Vietnam era who maintained the high standards and qualities demanded of those who wear the Ranger Tab had struggled for too long to be allowed to wear the beret to have it now worn by just any soldier.
	www.army.mil /features/beret/beret.htm (5760 words)

	page_5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In response to all of the violence, the British government abolished the Parliment at Stormont on March 24, 1972 and placed Northern Ireland under direct rule.
		Part of the British effort to solve the Northern Ireland problem was the White Paper, published in October of 1972.
		These, and other changes, were presented to the British Parliament in The Northern Ireland Constitution, July 1974.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~kbschmec/page_5.html (1360 words)

	BBC News \| Europe \| NI 'prepared Paras for Kosovo'
		Many of the 2,000 or so members of the British Parachute Regiment in the region have served in Northern Ireland, and military planners have spotted close similarities between the two situations.
		He said the biggest similarity between the two situations is the importance - and difficulty - for the military of proving its impartiality to the civilian population.
		They will be used to patrolling towns and villages to bolster and encourage a sense of security among the civilian population, he said, and will be practised in calming situations where emotions are running high.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/europe/369400.stm (686 words)

	View From America - January 2002 The Palestine Situation, Part !
		As a member of the elite British Parachute Regiment, I was stationed for two years in Palestine on a tour of duty aimed at enforcing the Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate (1922-1948), which restricted the entry of Jewish immigrants to specified numbers.
		I was present at the arrival, and boarding, of the dilapidated boats, (such as the Star of David and the Exodus), by British Naval personnel and the subsequent humane treatment by qualified medical personnel of the illegals.
		The perception by the Jewish people, during the period 1946-1948, that the British soldiers were the oppressors of Jewish nationals has now turned about face and the Jewish people are now considered by many Islamic Nations to be the oppressors of the Arab Nationals.
	www.huddersfield1.co.uk /america/january/palestine.htm (614 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Gallery \| 17.03.03: military build-up in Kuwait
		British army soldiers pictured at a church service held at Camp Koyote in the Kuwaiti desert.
		Soldiers of the Joint NBC regiment attached to 2 Close Support regiment step up their exercises in the Kuwaiti desert.
		Fijian British army soldiers sing during a service held in the cookhouse of the 2 Close Support Regiment of the Royal Logistic Corps at Camp Coyote.
	www.guardian.co.uk /gall/0,8542,915998,00.html (152 words)

	Royal Marine Commando and Parachute Regiment rings
		We are authorized suppliers of bullion and other regalia items to regiments, Associations, Colleges and Universities etc on 3 continents.
		On the 28th day of October 1664, following a second outbreak of war with the Dutch, the (British) Privy Council ordered that a regiment should be raised to fight them at sea.
		A central landing school for parachute and glider training was established at Manchester's civil airport, Ringway, and by the 21st of September 1941, twenty-one officers and 321 other ranks were accepted for parachute training.
	www.sheba-imports.com /Royal-Marines.html (427 words)

	1st Australian Parachute Battalion 1944 tunic
		The First Australian Parachute Battalion (Army) had its beginning late in 1942, and was part, in its infancy, of the (RAAF) Royal Australian Paratroop Training Unit at Tocumal NSW, under the command of Wing Commander P Glasscock (RAAF).
		The formation of the First Australian Parachute Battalion began at Tocumal NSW and continued at Richmond NSW and then at Schyville NSW, where the unit reached Battalion strength.
		All of the members of the Australian Parachute Battalion were volunteers and had to pass rigorous medical checks before acceptance.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-uniforms/1-para-regt.htm (543 words)

	Links
		All airborne veterans are eligable for membership to The Parachute Regiment Depot, a new forum with chat room dedicated to the British Parachute Regiment and other airborne veterans worldwide respectively.
		Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum The museum is devoted to depicting the exploits of the "paras" since their creation in World War through the battle in the Falklands.
		Paratroopers of the 50s By Sergeant Steve McConnell, 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment.
	britains-smallwars.com /ELGAMIL/links.html (457 words)

	Mc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		If you are a relative of somebody who has died as a result of British state violence, or collusion between the British state and loyalists, and you would like to have your loved one's photograph and details included on this website please email Andree Murphy
		The British authorities claimed Mr McDade tried to escape when he was shot, however witnesses to the shooting disputed this.
		Eugene McGillan 18 years, Derry city, an IRA activist, he was shot dead by British soldiers in the Bogside area of the city on 14 March 1972.
	www.relativesforjustice.com /victims/victims_state_mc.htm (2546 words)

	Irish Echo Online - News
		But MeehanÂ’s wreath was for a British soldier who died in one of the most fearful slaughters in military history, the Battle of the Somme, in July 1916.
		It was a mini-war between the regiment and the Third Battalion.
		Soldiers of the regiment finally caught Meehan, and give him such a beating that he needed 47 stitches in the back of his head.
	www.irishecho.com /search/searchstory.cfm?id=11981&issueid=274 (980 words)

	Bloody Sunday
		After a peaceful Civil Rights March on January 30, 1972 from Creggan to Free Derry Corner units of the British army Parachute Regiment opened fire with automatic rifles and shot dead 13 unarmed civilians, injuring many more.
		It was later revealed that some days prior the soldiers had been briefed to "shoot- to-kill" at the march.This page expalins accounts of deaths around the time and eye witness reports.
		I sincerely trust you successfully weather these thoroughly unjustified but seemingly inevitable brickbats and recriminations emanating mostly from those who either have no sense of law and order, duty or perspective, or who are spineless.
	www.geocities.com /rollofhonour32/BloodySunday.html (1414 words)

	Imposing Democracy on the World: Uneasy Parallels Between Bloody Sunday and US Occupation of Iraq
		Thus the Parachute Regiment, one of the most lethal in the British Army, was sent that Sunday into a situation that required negotiation, not brute force.
		It took nearly three decades of needless death, but finally the British government and its nemesis, the Irish Republican Army, began to work for real peace in Northern Ireland.
		Britain had tried to close the book quickly, by means of the official inquiry of Lord Widgery, serving as the most senior British jurist at the time.
	www.commondreams.org /views05/0130-06.htm (939 words)

	John L. Neel Interview. VMI Archives Military Oral History Project. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		SGM Neel joined the Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman.
		His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Ft Bragg NC.
		He is a graduate of Class 47 United States Army Sergeants Major Academy, FT Bliss TX and served as the SGM of the Army ROTC Department, Virginia Military Institute from July 1997- July 2000.
	www.vmi.edu /archives/Adams_Center/NeelJL/NeelJL_intro.asp (205 words)

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