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The Red Beret – The Story Of The Parachute Regiment 1940-1945
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DSO, OBE, MC, Anthony Deane–Drummond was educated at
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The Red Devils - The Story of the British Airborne Forces
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533:. 29 January 1937. p. 620.
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