Norman Francis 4th Dorset Joe Hales 1 AB Div signals Herbert Watkins GPR Tony Reynolds 1 Ab Div signals Eric Booth 1st Para RE George Kay 3 Para Norman Savage 1st Border Raymond Jardine 9 Field RE Geoffrey Brown 1st A/L Light Regt Cyril Ashley 7 KOSB Jock Perry 156 Para Bn
From the October 2011 edition: Norman Francis 4th Dorsets Joe Hales Signals Bert Watkins GPR Tony Reynolds Signals Eric Booth 1st Parachute Sqn RE George Kay 3rd Parachute Battalion Norman Savage 1st Borders Ray Jardine 9th Field Company RE Geoff Brown 1st Airlanding Light Regiment Cyril Ashley 7th KOSB Jock Perrie 156 parachute Battalion RIP....
We Will Remember Them Sad to see some familiar names amongst them. Not included are Ron Adams and Norman Rawlings both from 156 Parachute Battalion who have both recently passed away. John
We Will Remember Them Sad to see some familiar names amongst them. Not included are Ron Adams and Norman Rawlings both from 156 Parachute Battalion who have both recently passed away. John Sad news indeed. I guess "Old Father Time" is the ultimate enemy. We Will Remember Them http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/ww2-news-articles/40265-arnhem-veterans-club-last-post-2011-a.html
June 2012 Alexander Michael Polish Parachute Brigade Fred Woods 1st Para RE N. Rawlings 156 Bn Major. J. Timothy 1st Para Bn B. Jones 1st Para Bn Lt E.A. James 3 Parachute Bn L. Weaver 1st A/L Regt S.G. cook 1st A/L Regt S. Holden 4th Para Re J. Hardy 11 Para Bn G. Parry South Staffs A. Manning 2nd Oban Anti Tank G. Cosadinas 1 Para RE Capt H. Montgomery 156 Bn J. Hewitt 1st airborne Signals G. Aldred 181 Field Ambulance S. gourlay 1st airborne Signals J. Ditee 1st Border regt J. Entwistle 1st Border regt D. Bowles 1st A/L Regt N. Ross (Rosenburg) 156 Para Bn
I would like to inform you that this morning our good friend, former C Squadron Staff Sergeant, John "Paddy" McGeough has passed away. I met John in 1978 and ever since he became a great friend to our family. It was John who got me so passionatly involved in the Glider Pilot Regiment. Below a poem he has sent me in 1989 which I would like to share with you; Very often in my quiet times Siren whispers in my mind say Slip the bounds of present time Return once more to days of yore When youth and the skies were yours I need no will to resist the call To days when comradeship were strangers still And on lions wings I soared on high To silently wander the welcoming sky A great friend is gone… Luuk Buist
