9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion
The 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was created in late 1942 by the conversion of the 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment to parachute duties. The battalion was assigned to the 3rd Parachute Brigade, alongside the 7th (later the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion) and 8th Parachute battalions, then part of the 1st Airborne Division but was later transferred to the 6th Airborne Division.
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9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion
The 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was created in late 1942 by the conversion of the 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment to parachute duties. The battalion was assigned to the 3rd Parachute Brigade, alongside the 7th (later the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion) and 8th Parachute battalions, then part of the 1st Airborne Division but was later transferred to the 6th Airborne Division.
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The 9th (Eastern and Home Coun ...... battalion had been disbanded.
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(Latinfor "Ready for Anything")
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Cap badge of the Parachute Regiment
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The emblem of the Second World ...... iding the flying horse Pegasus
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Utrinque Paratus
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Red Devils
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Lieutenant Colonel Napier Crookenden
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Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway
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The 9th (Eastern and Home Coun ...... to the 6th Airborne Division.
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9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion
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9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion
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