2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment

Hello Donnie,


Sorry about that it went to my old email, I will update now. What sort of information do you have on my great grandad? I will try and get the image uploaded.

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/31353145/person/12773181360/media/1c2c036c-56d0-4c18-82f2-e54069ff45ba?pg=32768&pgpl=pid

 

I will private message you

 

Okay, you don't have access to Private Message so here is my reply:

Hi mate,

My great grandad was I would say best friends with Terry Toogood, he used to talk about him a lot and were members of the Parachute Regiment Association together. They would help each other organise the Airborne Forces Day celebrations for Hampshire I believe. I have a family video I would say from 1994 where my grandad mentions Terry and him organising the Airborne Forces Day celebrations. When my grandad died in 1997 Terry went to his funeral along with I think James Woolgar MM, James Cronin, Major Proudman?
As I said they were best friends, I think I have some pics of ABF day which may very well include Terry. Do you have any pics of Terry in the post war years at Remembrance Day or ABF day as they may well include my grandad. For ref my grandads name was Albert James Creed, he was known as slapsy. Might be worth asking relatives if they remember his name?

Josh

 

Hello Chris,

I appreciate this is now a very old post, however it would appear you and I are family as he was also my great grandfather. When he past away in 2009 he left his medals to my grandmother, it would be great to get in contact to show

 

my dad Henry Parry was one was one,he was discharged for being under age at the end of operation market garden.

 

He must have been very young.

 

he was 15 when he joined,operation market garden was 2 weeks after his 16 birthday

 

That was young! I have heard a few stories about those who joined-up underage. One tells me he joined-up thinking if he waited the war would be over before he got a chance to fight.

 

he was in 4 regiments,the general service corps,the kings regiment,the manchester regiment and the parachute regiment.I am waiting to get his full service history but i picked the wrong time to send off for it,i will have a long wait.

 

I'm sure when you get his service history it will make it worthwhile. One of the veterans who is helping me was 5 para. Quite a character and terrific man.

 

A German WW2 Nazi flag captured by members of the 2nd parachute battalion just going up for auction at Chalkwell auctions; seems to have been in Airborne Forces Museum hands at some point captured

Roll of Honour 2nd Parachute Battalion Tamera, Tunisia 28th March 1943
Major Wardie
Captain. Spender
Sgt. Jackson
Sgt Huntley
Sgt. Lenderyou
Cpl. Gay
L/Cpl. McGrath
Pte. Adams,
Pte. Beddo
Pte Arliss
Pte. MacDonald
Pte. McCarthy
Pte. McGrath
Pte. Tabarka
Pte. Seiman
Pte. Stark
Pte. Davis
Pte. Friel
Pte. Herwood
Pte. Hines
Pte. Hoy
Flag has parachute wings to centre, accompanied by a photograph of Sgt. Brown , previously displayed in the airborne forces museum Aldershot (tag attached)

Flag size 84 x 120cm.