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The parachute party encountered considerable flak and small arms fire, but suffered few casualties. There was chaos at the rendezvous, most of the brigade having been dropped 1 mile (1.6 km) from its target. 2 Troop concentrated at 5th
Parachute Bde HQ and dug in, but there was little need for
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The unit mobilised on 24 August 1939, before the outbreak of war, as part of Fixed
Defences in Northern Ireland District and took up its war stations at Grey Point and Killroot, Maj Sinclar being summoned back from holiday in Scotland. In 1940 it was decided to transfer responsibility for S/L
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succeeded in breaking out. The 'Antrims' at
Ranville were engaged in general tasks such as laying minefields, maintaining roads, establishing water points and constructing machine gun positions and shelters for ambulances and HQs. When the breakout began on 17 August, 6th Airborne captured
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to speed the division's advance. At ethe end of August 6 Airborne was pulled out of the line and the 'Antrims' prepared to return by sea to
Bulford for rest, re-equipment, and training. Major Allan Jack took over command on 11 November.
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and drivers and trained in bridgebuilding; it was also responsible for demolitions in case of invasion, built hutted camps across the country, and took part in major training exercises. The company was briefly assigned to
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Battalion, RE, on 25 December. Major Sinclair had been elected to the
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engineering work, so one party left to destroy a captured German gun position and in the evening the troop moved off to join Cox's party with 6th
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had captured it at 11.15 the sappers were able to prepare it for demolition. The two surviving parties then went to the bridge captured by 2nd Bn
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for the assault on the three Issel bridges, while Maj Jack and No 2 Trp parachuted from four aircraft, accompanied by two gliders carrying
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that had been dropped and laid them to defend the landing zone. Captain
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beyond the Rhine. 591 Squadron was organised into two troops: No 1 Trp had six glider parties with
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and Killroot Battery guarding the entrance to Belfast Lough.
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In 1993 the regiment was reduced to a single squadron,
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A completed Bailey bridge in North West Europe 1944–45.
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and drop with Advanced HQRE 6th Airborne Division and
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1492:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
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999:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 144–5, 150.
498:13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion
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785:591 (Antrim) Squadron Roll of Honour
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327:In January 1941 the company went to
322:House of Commons of Northern Ireland
47:RE Cap badge (King George VI cipher)
36:112 (Antrim Fortress) Field Squadron
1409:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 298, 315.
1177:Jack at 591 (Antrim) Para Sqn site.
1112:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 339–40.
1057:Wood at 591 (Antrim) Para Sqn site.
929:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 172, 185.
688:on 4 May, 6th Airborne had reached
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314:591 (Antrim) Army Field Company, RE
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1143:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 341–3.
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686:German surrender at LĂĽneburg Heath
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1200:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, p. 444.
708:, and transferred on 1 June to
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113:Northern Ireland Fixed Defences
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750:1966 Defence White Paper
1488:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
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1523:Caen: Anvil of Victory
1455:The Battle of Normandy
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350:Woodbridge, Suffolk
337:Ely, Cambridgeshire
261:J. Maynard Sinclair
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101:Parachute engineers
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312:, to form
310:County Down
144:Engagements
139:The Antrims
136:Nickname(s)
122:Garrison/HQ
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394:Derbyshire
306:Portaferry
295:Magilligan
188:formed in
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158:Commanders
1546:1938–1948
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627:Peter Cox
467:Stirlings
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1165:Normandy
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620:en route
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506:mines
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