The 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World...
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1945) 4th Parachute Battalion 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion Divisional Troops 22nd Independent Parachute Company...
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converted into the 6th (Royal Welch) Battalion, Parachute Regiment. The 6th Parachute Battalion was assigned to the 2nd Parachute Brigade, alongside the...
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Highlanders and 6th Battalion from the 10th Royal Welch Fusiliers. The Army Air Corps was created as the command formation of the Parachute Regiment and...
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Brigade headquarters 4th Parachute Battalion 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion 127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance 64th...
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The 7th (Merionethshire & Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, was a Welsh unit of Britain's Territorial Force. First raised in 1897, it...
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(Scottish) Parachute Battalion, converted from the 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in May 1942; and the 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion, converted...
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(Scottish) Parachute Battalion 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion 3rd Parachute Brigade 3rd Parachute Battalion 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion 9th (Eastern...
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1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) (category Military parachuting)
from the 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, and the 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion, from the 10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers....
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Highlanders 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion [1942–1946] – formed from 10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion [1942–1948]...
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1943 when it became an independent parachute brigade Converted to a parachute battalion from the 10th Royal Welch Fusiliers. 1st Airborne Division until...
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Anthony Farrar-Hockley (category British Parachute Regiment officers)
transferring to the Parachute Regiment in November 1942. He fought with the 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion, part of the 2nd Parachute Brigade, in Italy...
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4th/5th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 4th/5th/6th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, disbanded in 1971 7th Battalion, Royal Northumberland...
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Home Counties) Parachute Battalion, originally as part of the 1st Airborne Division, but were later assigned to the newly raised 6th Airborne Division...
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Currently, the regiment consists of seven battalions and has fulfilled various roles including those of light, parachute, motorised and mechanised infantry....
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(Scottish) Parachute Battalion – Lt. Col. D.R. Hunter 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion – Lt. Col. V.W. Barlow 1st Independent Parachute Platoon (Pathfinders)...
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Independent Parachute Brigade Group 4th Parachute Battalion 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion 127th (Parachute) Field...
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commanding officer of 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion and, in 1948, he became commanding officer of 4/6th Parachute Battalion which was re-designated...
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The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) is a mechanised infantry battalion of the Australian Army, based in Kapyong Lines, Townsville as...
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Black Watch (redirect from 3rd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland)
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created...
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the British 1st Airborne Division (6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion and 204 (Oban) Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery), took the berth which had...
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Régiment Redesignated 12 August 1977 in English as the 6th Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment 7th Battalion, Select Embodied Militia "Les Chasseurs" Beauharnois...
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Regiment (Parachute Infantry) 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Parachute Infantry) 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd,...
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RAF Ringway (category Royal Air Force stations in Cheshire)
University Air Squadron Parachute Exercise Squadron RAF Parachute Training Centre RAF Parachute Training School RAF Parachute Training Squadron RAF On...
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Swansea Rifles (redirect from 67th (6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery)
The Swansea Rifles, later the 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion of the Welch Regiment, was a Volunteer unit of the British Army from 1859 to 1954. It fought on...
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Operation Slapstick (category Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom))
Casualties totaled 58 killed and 154 wounded from the 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion, and 48 dead among Abdiel's crew. Abdiel was also carrying...
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Welsh Guards (redirect from Welch Guards)
Parachute Company—the original Pathfinder Group of the 16th Parachute Brigade, now renamed the 16th Air Assault Brigade. The 3rd Battalion the Royal Welsh...
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Battle of the Bulge order of battle (redirect from 1313th Battalion)
Two French Light Infantry Battalions 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion 298th Engineer Combat Battalion 740th Tank Battalion 18th FA Group (188th, 666th...
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Coleman 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment 4th Battalion, Welch Regiment 6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers 53rd Recce Regiment 1st Battalion, Manchester...
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Operation Hasty (category Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom))
Fitzroy-Smith was drawn from the 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion, supported by medics from the 127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance and signallers from...
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