Memorial 1st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers Donington

On this wooden plaque under the east window of the south aisle of St Mary and the Holy Rood Church, the awards given to the regiment in World War II are written in gilt. A Parachute Regiment badge carved from wood is attached at the top centre.

Inscription:
1941 ~ 1st PARACHUTE SQUADRON. ROYAL ENGINEERS BATTLE HONOURS ~ 1945
1942 ~ FRANCE ~ BRUNEVAL./ 1942/3 ~ NORTH AFRICA ~ DEPIENNE. OUDNA AIRFIELD. SIDI BOU HADJEB. EL FEDJA, MEDJEZ-EL-BAB, SIDI N'SIR./ DJEBEL MANSOUR. BOU ARADA. HAPPY VALLEY. SEDJENANE. TAMERA.
1943 ~ SICILY ~ PRIMOSOLE BRIDGE./ 1943 ~ ITALY ~ TARANTO, LONG RANGE PATROLS.
1944 ~ OOSTERBEEK. ARNHEM./ IN MEMORY OF THE GALLANT OFFICERS, SNCO'S AND MEN OF THE SQUADRON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY AND IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM/ IN WORLD WAR II

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• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: IWM© Colin Murray (WMR-92170)
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