So today is a day to remember for the airborne medics as today in 1943 the first airborne medic of WW2 was killed. He was known as Jimmy Riddle but his real name was William Robson Riddle who was a member of 16PFA and died in North Africa.
We love seeing what Cadets are getting up to in the lead-up to Christmas, including these two examples from 1265 (Horncastle) Squadron and 1803 (Hucknall) Squadron who have collected food for Christmas hampers for those in need in their communities @aircadets
Around 750 Armed Forces personnel have been made available to help the acceleration of the #UK's #COVID booster vaccination programme.
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British soldier Private Albert Willingham sacrificed his life to save Dutch civilians during #WW2 in 1944.
Now, 77 years later, it's thought some of his possessions have been discovered.
This is Pte Willingham's story. 👇
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@MartinNadin@144Oc General Hawley wasn't quite so complimentary when he met us at the Abbey! He must have been kidding though because he commissioned the pair of us 🤣
You bore witness to mine 💪
I hope that your day was as good as ours, it was a great one to close out on.
🏬🏡Fighting street-by-street and building-by-building, C (Moguang) Coy, 1st Bn Royal #Gurkha Rifles has been put through its paces on the urban battlefield.
At CENZUB in France, the Gurkhas used French weapons and shared tactics with their partner unit @1erRCP
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"Raj", our good friend and colleague at rest in Sheffield, Crookes Cemetery. Even now, he still keeps good company sharing the ground with 72 @CWGC burials and a number of other personnel who died serving the nation.
Fresh flowers laid on his grave by another friend this weekend
The Osgood brothers, Ronald aged 22 and Eric 20 were both pilots at No5 FTS RAF Sealand. Flying in the same Airspeed Oxford, they were involved in a mid air collision and died together along with another two airmen from the other aircraft.
Amongst 428 burials in Milton Road Cemetery, P'mouth are 2 pairs of brothers commemorated by @CWGC
The Parson's died at either end of WW1; Leonard 28 went down with his ship, HMS Good Hope, 1 Nov 14. He is remembered on his brother, Edwin's headstone who died 4 yrs later aged 16
.@AirborneMedics integrated with @armyCO1RGR troops.
Close links across @16AirAssltBde mean we are deployed across the world, in this case as part of @NATO_KFOR in Kosovo.
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Congratulations to Major Anna Hicks (Seen on the right) of 144 Para Med Sqn and the rest of the team on winning the National Freefall Parachute Championships. An amazing achievement.....again! #144 Para