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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 9th Parachute Division (German: 9. Fallschirmjäger-Division) was one of the final parachute divisions to be raised by Nazi Germany during World War II. The division was destroyed during the Battle of Berlin in April 1945.
16th (Staffords) Parachute Battalion [1945–1947] – formed from the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment in Rawalpindi 17th Parachute Battalion [1945–1967] 151st Parachute Battalion [1941–1942] – formed in British India from volunteers of 27 different battalions.
3rd Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel John A.C. Fitch; 4th Parachute Brigade, Brigadier John W. Hackett. 10th Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth B.I. Smyth; 11th Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel George H. Lea; 156th Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard de Bacquencourt Des Voeux (KIA September 1944)
The 8th and 9th Battalions, along with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, from the (3rd Parachute Brigade) and the 7th, 12th and 13th Battalions of the (5th Parachute Brigade) were involved. [37] The mission was Operation Tonga , capturing bridges over the River Orne and Caen Canal , and destroying the Merville Gun Battery and several other ...
On 22 June 1940, No. 2 Commando was turned over to parachute duties and on 21 November, re-designated the 11th Special Air Service Battalion, with a parachute and glider wing. [ 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 ]