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The Airborne Forces of the British Army consists of the parachute troops and glider-borne troops of all arms of service. Officers and men in any regiment or corps, may apply for transfer to a parachute or glider-borne unit of the Airborne Forces. [8] By the end of the war the British Army had raised seventeen parachute and eight airlanding ...
R. Raiding Support Regiment; Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 108 Regiment Royal Armoured Corps; 109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps; 110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
The plan was for three airborne divisions (the British 1st and American 82nd and 101st, all under British I Airborne Corps command, under Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning) of the First Allied Airborne Army to take the bridges at Eindhoven (U.S. 101st Airborne Division), Nijmegen (U.S. 82nd Airborne Division), and Arnhem (British 1st ...
The 1st Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War.The division was formed in late 1941 during the Second World War, after the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, demanded an airborne force, and was initially under command of Major General Frederick A. M. "Boy" Browning.
Impressed by the German airborne force during the 1940 Battle of France, the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, ordered the creation of a paratrooper force of 5,000 men. The success of Operation Colossus , a small scale commando raid, prompted further expansion of this force, and resulted in an additional requirement for a glider force ...
List of wartime orders of battle for the British 1st Division (1809–1945) List of wartime orders of battle for the British 6th Division (1810–1941) List of World War II British airborne battalions; List of British airborne brigades of the Second World War; List of British anti-aircraft brigades of the Second World War
The 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War.The battalion was formed in May 1943 by the conversion of the 2/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment to parachute duties and was assigned to the 5th Parachute Brigade in the 6th Airborne Division.
The 8th (Midlands) 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 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment to parachute duties.