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Originally Posted by Tom Canning  Carole -
If memeory serves - the 2nd Sussex went out to Egypt as part of 44th Division on/or around the Aug/Sep '42 in time to take a reserve part at Wadi el Halfa -then on to El Alamein where Monty was not too pleased with their performance and the whole division was "broken up for spares" - in the fullness of time they then joined Brig.Hacket of the 4th Para Bde in Tunisia/Algeria - as reserve for the Sicily landings - they then went ashore at Taranto and pushed up to near Foggia when 78th Division landed near Bari to capture the Foggia airfields - 4th para came home around Oct/Nov '43. leaving 2nd bde which then became indepentant in Italy. The brigadier in charge of 231 Ind Inf Bde in the Sicily campaign came home around the same time and took over the 1st Para Div - you know - the Sean Connery look alike ! |
Small point 1st Airborne Division not 1st Para Div!