10th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)
The 10th (Sussex) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised 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 They were then withdrawn to England at the end of 1943.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 Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)
The 10th (Sussex) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised 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 They were then withdrawn to England at the end of 1943.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 (Sussex) Parachute Ba ...... amated with the 4th Battalion.
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(Latinfor "Ready for Anything")
Utrinque Paratus
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Airborne forces
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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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The 10th (Sussex) Parachute Ba ...... ket Garden in the Netherlands.
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10th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)
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10th (Sussex) Parachute Battalion
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Red Devils
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