Article: Taleban may face entire parachute regiment

Article: Flogging a dead horse?; The removal of Pegasus as the symbol of ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  July 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... to modernise the Parachute Regiment. In a separate movement ... Pegasus symbol of the Parachute Regiment and the Royal Navy ... since the Second World War when they led the ... changed at whim, the Parachute Regiment's loyalty to its ...

Article: Ex-Para bringing together heroes at memorial; GENERATIONS OF ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  April 28, 2001 ;     596 words ... ... his actions in one of the biggest battles involving the Parachute Regiment in the Borneo conflict. Now working for the city council ... Falklands and Sierra Leone with those who served in the Second World War and trainee Paras from the new 16t Air Assault Brigade ...

Article: My hero brother; 1) Doffing his cap: Fintan says goodbye to his ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 31, 2008 ;     679 words ... ... remembrance for the fallen soldiers of 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment. His older brother, Private Jeff Doherty, was killed ... the British who fought in the battlefields of the First World War. At yesterday's service in the garrison town of Colchester ...

Article: Pair's role in regiment's proud history; GENERATIONS OF MEMBERS ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  April 28, 2001 ;     551 words ... ... CUTHBERTSON DON MCARTHUR and Ivor Sherrad, both aged 80, were among the first Paras in the British Army to serve in the Second World War. Ivor, of Tamworth Road, Keresley, Coventry, made his training jumps in Palestine. He said: "We were told not to look ...

Article: Parachute Regiment Association.
Hastings & St. Leonards Observer (St. Leonards-on-Sea, England);  September 4, 2007 ;     555 words ...MEMBERS of the Parachute Regiment Association staged a successful recruitment drive in the ... see the branch flourish. During the day the history of the parachute regiment was fondly remembered, including their vital contribution ...

Article: The Parachute Regiment & Airborne Forces Museum ...
M2 Presswire;  November 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... November 2007-Trustees of the Airborne Forces Museum: The Parachute Regiment & Airborne Forces Museum Partners With Imperial ... Chairman of the Imperial War Museum stated: "The men of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces have set an outstanding example throughout ...

Article: Army's new air cavalry to be most powerful in Nato With 48 ...
Evening Standard - London;  September 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... include all three battalions of the Parachute Regiment, other crack infantry units and ... of Wales, Colonel in Chief of the Parachute Regiment and the Army Air Corps - two key ... tradition of skill and resolve of the Parachute Regiment, broaden its capability and greatly ...