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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 9th Parachute Battalion, part of the 3rd Parachute Brigade attached to 6th Airborne Division, was given the objective of destroying the battery. However, when the battalion arrived over Normandy in the predawn of 6 June, their parachute descent was dispersed over a large area, so instead of over 600 men with heavy weapons or equipment, only ...
8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion 5th Parachute Brigade 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion 6th Airlanding Brigade 12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
The 3rd Parachute Brigade was holding a 4-mile (6.4 km) front, with the 9th Parachute Battalion at Le Plein, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion at Les Mesneil and the 8th Parachute Battalion in the southern part of the Bois de Bavent. [42] For the rest of its time in Normandy the division acted in an infantry role.
Upon arrival at the 3rd Parachute Brigade's position, the 9th Battalion dug in at the northern end of the brigade line, to defend an area from the Château St Come, across a clearing in the woods, to a house known as the Bois de Mont. [5] To their front was a stretch of open land leading to Bréville-les-Monts and the road from Amfreville to Le ...
The Second World War formation, that participated in the Normandy landings, [5] and Rhine Crossing. [6]3rd Parachute Brigade. 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion; 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion
The battalion was created in late 1942 by the conversion of the 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment to parachute duties. The battalion was assigned to the 3rd Parachute Brigade, serving alongside the 7th (later replaced by the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion) and 9th Parachute battalions, in the 1st Airborne Division before being ...
[3] [4] It was 38 men of this battalion who on 10 February 1941 took part in Operation Colossus the first British airborne operation. [5] In September, the battalion was re-designated the 1st Parachute Battalion. [5] A request for volunteers for parachute duties provided enough men to form the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Parachute Battalions. [5]