I am looking for information on an alleged mutiny in Palestine possibly involving 2nd Parachute Battalion. Has anyone got any information? Regards Steve
A brief mention here. 13th battalion parachute regiment ignore the 13 Para heading and see the end of post 14.
Thanks WTD, What i am looking for in particular are the names of the mutineers. I am also looking for a pic of the WO and Sgts Mess whilst in Palestine Regards Steve
Hello Sussex I'm not sure if this is relevant. Gordon Brennan in his wartime account on the Pegasus Archive does make a brief mention of a potential mutiny in Palestine during his time there (1946?). In this case the issues were resolved. Quote: "At this time, just before Christmas, I decided I wanted to make the army my career and so signed on for the Regular Army, also about then I wound up in hospital with yellow jaundice, not a very good time in hospital and was glad to get back to the unit where I found the MT drivers talking mutiny, they were fed up with being on the road night after night being shot at and then some idiot insisting that they took part in the regular training routines during the day, also about this time we were amalgamated with the 17th battalion and renamed 3rd Bn The Parachute Regiment, this didn't sit too well with a lot of us who had been with the 7th from day one. I talked to them like a "Dutch Uncle", and also spoke to the CO, the result being that their duties were relaxed and they in turn got on with the job. I think they also had in mind how severely punished and humiliated were the 13th battalion men who mutinied, and they didn't want any of that dumped on them."
