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September, when the remnants of the 1st
Airborne Division were withdrawn south of the River Rhine. The gunners fired their remaining ammunition and then disabled the guns, so they could not be used by the Germans. Of the regiment's 372 men who went to Arnhem, 136 were evacuated, 200 were reported missing and thirty-eight were killed.
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Airborne Division had the required airlift capacity to deliver all three parachute brigades with their glider-borne anti-tank weapons or two of the parachute brigades and the airlanding brigade on day one. Instead however, the vast majority of the division's vehicles and heavy equipment, plus
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On 21 September, the fifth day of the operation, the
Germans again attacked from the east and got within 300 yards (270 m) of the guns. Engaged in hand-to-hand fighting, infantry support was requested and the guns were firing at point blank range. German artillery attacked the gun line killing
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and divisional troops were to be on the first lift, with the rest to follow over the next two days. Following the first lift, the airlanding brigade would remain at the landing grounds to defend them for the following day's lifts, while the parachute brigade set out alone to capture the bridges and
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With only three of the regiment's men travelling in the gliders, the two pilots stayed with the guns as drivers and to provide local protection, until the rest of the regiment assembled. Immediately after landing the 3rd
Battery set up their gun line to the east of landing zone 'Z'. Meanwhile, the
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arrived from around 15:00, one of their guns was damaged on landing and had to be left behind. By that afternoon, the attempt to fight through to the 2nd
Parachute Battalion at the Arnhem bridge had failed and the remnants of four battalions involved started arriving at the regiment's position.
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trying to fight through to the bridge in Arnhem. Their guns were also called upon to break up German attacks on the landing zones, still defended by the 1st
Airlanding Brigade, which were in danger of being overrun. When the thirty-three gliders of the 2nd Battery that were on the second lift,
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had advanced close enough to Arnhem for their artillery to participate in the battle. But it was the 1st
Airlanding Regiment's guns that broke up a German attack on the glider pilots positions just after 07:00 that morning. The following days took on the same pattern until the night of 25/26
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After Arnhem the regiment and division was brought back up to strength, but the war ended before they were ready for further operations. Then in May 1945, the 1st
Airborne Division was sent to Norway to disarm and repatriate the German occupation army. Code named
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On 17 September 1944, the first day of the operation, fifty-seven gliders carried the regimental headquarters and the 1st and 3rd batteries to Arnhem. The 2nd
Battery and the remaining men of the regimental headquarters were on the second day's lift.
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began forming, comprising three parachute infantry battalions. In keeping with
British Army practice at the same time as the brigade's infantry battalions were forming, airborne supporting arms were formed including men from the
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In early September the regiment prepared for Operation Comet during which the 1st Airborne Division's three brigades were to land in the Netherlands and capture three river crossings. The first of these was the bridge over the
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383:. With a wingspan of 88 feet (27 m) and a length of 67 feet (20 m), the Horsa had a maximum load capacity of 15,750 pounds (7,140 kg)—space for two pilots, a maximum of twenty-eight troops, or two
444:, without any artillery support from the regiment. While in Sicily Lieutenant-Colonel Crawfurd, the Division's Commander Royal Artillery (DCRA), was killed. He was replaced by Lieutenant-Colonel McLeod and the
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trailer; or one jeep with up to two trailers. One disadvantage of being transported by the Horsa glider, was that only three artillerymen and the two pilots could be carried with the gun.
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Landings by the First Allied Airborne Army's three divisions began in the Netherlands on 17 September 1944. Although the allocation of aircraft for each division was roughly similar, the
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were being raised and needed an artillery formation, so the battery was renamed the 1st Airlanding Light Battery and it was converted into an airborne unit. Assigned to the
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In the morning of the second day, 19 September, in order to support the paratroopers in Arnhem, the guns had to move to a new position beside the church in
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in India. The 3.7 inch Howitzer could fire a 20 pounds (9.1 kg) shell 5,899 yards (5,394 m) and weighed 1,610 pounds (730 kg).
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and wounding a number of men. Amongst the wounded was the commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson. One of the men defending the guns was
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and Paris. Operation Axehead using the same force to seize bridges over the River Seine in support of
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sites. Near the end of August Operation Linnet, with the same units were to seize crossings over the
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on 8 September 1943. At 15:00 on 9 September, the flotilla reached the port of
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who was part of Lonsdale force. Cain was wounded disabling a
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75 mm Howitzer and gun crew shooting in support of the
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The Second World War 1939–1945 Army – Airborne Forces
1549:. Raid Series. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing.
832:. Operation Lucky Strike seizing the bridges crossing the
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75 mm gun and crew at Oosterbeek, 20 September 1944.
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1692:. Woolwich, England: Royal Artllery Institution.
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1st Battery set up between the 3rd and the village of
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1494:. Edinburgh, United Kingdom: William Blackwood.
514:. Next they fired in support of the independent
436:brigades took part in brigade sized operations,
1585:Artillery: An Illustrated History of its Impact
840:. Operation Sword Hilt cutting off the port of
375:. In the regiment's case this was normally the
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1509:The Encyclopaedia of Codenames of World War II
1938:6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
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2165:1945 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
1547:Pegasus Bridge — Benouville, D-Day 1944
1368:(Supplement). 31 October 1944. p. 5015.
1037:Journal of the Royal Artillery (1963), p.132
726:. All that morning the Germans using tanks,
506:in November. After this, they supported the
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1602:Otway, Lieutenant-Colonel T.B.H. (1990).
1587:. Weapons and warfare. Zurich: ABC-CLIO.
1416:"Order of Battle and Operational Details"
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1642:History of the Glider Pilot Regiment
774:. In June some men left to join the
450:W. F. K "Sheriff" Thompson
424:as a whole did not take part in the
360:were replaced by the newer American
1564:Hogg, I.V.; Thurston, L.F. (1972).
920:were the equivalent to an infantry
652:ferry crossing on the River Rhine.
306:in February 1941. At the time, the
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1973:181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance
1690:The Journal of the Royal Artillery
1621:Peters, Mike; Buist, Luuk (2009).
820:. Operation Wild Oats a drop onto
555:Frederick Arthur Montague Browning
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1988:225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
1983:224th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
1968:133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance
1963:127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
1892:7th King's Own Scottish Borderers
1444:from the original on 16 June 2011
573:, the second the bridge over the
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873:52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
581:and finally the bridge over the
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1080:"1st Airlanding Light Regiment"
1005:"1st Airlanding Light Regiment"
971:"458 Independent Light Battery"
16:WW2 British Army artillery unit
520:British 78th Infantry Division
488:1st Canadian Infantry Division
379:, piloted by two men from the
278:, the British Prime Minister,
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1915:1st Airlanding Light Regiment
1887:2nd King's Own Royal Regiment
869:U.S. 101st Airborne Divisions
622:British 1st Airborne Division
496:British 5th Infantry Division
410:British 5th Infantry Division
206:1st Airlanding Light Regiment
35:Crest of the Royal Artillery.
24:1st Airlanding Light Regiment
1438:"1st Airlanding Regiment RA"
1396:Peters and Buist, pp.250–251
1214:Peters and Buist, pp.328–331
1205:Peters and Buist, pp.326–327
877:Polish 1st Parachute Brigade
603:U.S. 101st Airborne Division
1507:Chant, Christopher (1986).
818:U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
614:U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
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1473:Blumenson, Martin (1969).
1175:Peters and Buist, pp.40–41
591:First Allied Airborne Army
420:in Algeria on 26 May. The
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1526:Ferguson, Gregor (1984).
883:to close the gap between
426:Allied invasion of Sicily
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1817:11th Special Air Service
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508:2nd New Zealand Division
461:Allied invasion of Italy
362:75 mm Pack Howitzer
237:Allied invasion of Italy
1867:1st Royal Ulster Rifles
1623:Glider Pilots at Arnhem
1606:. Imperial War Museum.
1490:Cole, Howard N (1963).
1387:Peters and Buist, p.234
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696:1st Parachute Battalion
673:2nd Parachute Battalion
249:Operation Market Garden
2055:6th Airlanding Brigade
2030:1st Airlanding Brigade
1742:airborne units of the
1640:Smith, Claude (2007).
1232:Peters and Buist, p.99
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2025:1st Parachute Brigade
2006:Glider Pilot Regiment
1583:Kinard, Jeff (2007).
1568:. London: Ian Allan.
1545:Fowler, Will (2010).
1511:. London: Routledge.
918:Glider Pilot Regiment
814:St Sauveur-le-Vicomte
780:6th Airborne Division
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119:1st Airborne Division
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1792:7th (Light Infantry)
1405:Urquhart, pp.177–178
1872:1st Border Regiment
1440:. Pegasus archive.
844:and destroying the
457:Operation Slapstick
320:North-West Frontier
241:British Eighth Army
233:Operation Slapstick
137:Operation Slapstick
128:Ubique (Everywhere)
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768:Operation Doomsday
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1632:978-1-84415-763-1
1594:978-1-85109-556-8
1575:978-0-7110-0381-1
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1528:The Paras 1940–84
1196:Urquhart, pp.5–10
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1007:. Para Data
973:. Para Data
944:Otway, p.21
895:and attack
879:landing at
871:, with the
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692:half-tracks
583:River Rhine
538:, England.
528:Gessopalena
220:during the
133:Engagements
2134:Categories
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1859:Battalions
1857:Airlanding
1754:Battalions
1461:References
1112:Cole, p.52
991:Hogg, p.91
743:Tiger tank
680:John Frost
669:Oosterbeek
575:River Maas
567:River Waal
492:Campobasso
465:Royal Navy
395:Operations
284:War Office
257:Oosterbeek
162:commanders
155:Commanders
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932:Citations
897:V1 rocket
848:viaduct.
822:Carpiquet
791:Footnotes
772:Stavanger
754:XXX Corps
502:and then
358:Howitzers
270:Formation
89:Artillery
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175:Insignia
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109:Regiment
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1683:Journal
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922:platoon
905:Antwerp
885:Orléans
858:General
846:Morlaix
830:St Malo
714:of the
712:flights
542:England
512:Orsogna
504:Isernia
500:Rionero
479:on the
477:Taranto
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243:in the
208:was an
184:British
160:Notable
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