10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment
The 10th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, originally raised as 10th (Sussex) Battalion by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was raised around volunteers from the Royal Sussex Regiment at Kibrit in the Middle East. Assigned to the 4th Parachute Brigade, they joined the 1st Airborne Division in Tunisia. The battalion fought their first action in Operation Slapstick part of the Allied invasion of Italy. They were then withdrawn to England at the end of 1943. Being held in reserve during the Normandy landings, their second action was in Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands.
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10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment
The 10th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, originally raised as 10th (Sussex) Battalion by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was raised around volunteers from the Royal Sussex Regiment at Kibrit in the Middle East. Assigned to the 4th Parachute Brigade, they joined the 1st Airborne Division in Tunisia. The battalion fought their first action in Operation Slapstick part of the Allied invasion of Italy. They were then withdrawn to England at the end of 1943. Being held in reserve during the Normandy landings, their second action was in Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands.
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The 10th Battalion, The Parach ...... amated with the 4th Battalion.
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(Latinfor "Ready for Anything")
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Cap badge of the Parachute Regiment
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Utrinque Paratus
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Red Devils
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Died of wounds October 1944
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Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth B. I. Smyth
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The 10th Battalion, The Parach ...... ket Garden in the Netherlands.
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