Captain Robert Gordon-Brown 2 i/c A Coy #9thParachuteBn Post #WWII Professor of Architecture (Dundee Courier 12th January 1949)

@RevRichardColes A mention if I may for our dear mothers cousin Major John Pooley of 3 Commando. Sadly lost his life in battle the day after D Day at Merville Battery. In happier times he is pictured upon marrying Mary only 3 weeks earlier

"They put themselves here for what? Because it was the right thing to do... they were not gaining territory, they were not here for riches, they were not here to conquer anything. They were really here in order to mend the future." Tom Hanks reflects on the heroes of D Day

Breville ridge walk following the Commandos and 6th Airborne fighting on D-Day and beyond. The locals in Amfreville and Le Plein hosting ceremonies across the ridge. #Dday80

Cockpit footage from yesterday’s flypast by the #RedArrows and Patrouille de France over Omaha Beach, Normandy, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. #DDay80

Joey Wahler The factual mistakes & misinterpretations made by Heather Morris in "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" resulted in creating a distorted version of Auschwitz. This is dangerous and disrespectful to history. The story deserves better. Read the fact-checking review of the book

Rishi Sunak to Paul Brand, "Sorry to have kept you.. D-Day just ran over.. It was incredible but it just ran over everything"

Terrific thread about the 9th Battalion, Black Watch and the battle of Breville Ridge. Well worth a read! Great pictures and video too.

This is not an attempt to justify what happened at Stonehenge today, or even to change anyone’s mind about it. I’d simply like to add some context that I feel has been missing from some reports, statements and tweets.

Conservatives Was this the carpet for Returning Rishi on DDay?

Congratulations to Peter Lovett on his 100th birthday, today, Saturday 12th October. Peter is the last surviving 9th Parachute Battalion veteran to have fought in Normandy during operation Tonga in WW2. 9thparabattalion.com/redberets/pete… TheParachuteRegiment The Parachute Regimental Association #hero #6thairborne

The 9th Parachute Battalion Annual Dinner, held on the 28th of September at the Union Jack Club 9thparabattalion.com/9th-battalion-…

“Comrades For Eternity”.

We will remember them.

If anyone who follows me knows anything about the Christmas Hampers scheme run by the Airborne Forces Security Fund, please can you drop me a line ([email protected]). I have a query from a veteran who, for the first time in many years, has not received a hamper this year.

Amazed at the fact that the metal armoured plate and ammunition for this were only added in a later iteration. 🤔

We have a few spare spaces on the 9th Parachute Battalion Reunion Club pilgrimage to Normandy in June 2025. If you are interested in coming along, please see the details here: 9thparabattalion.com/the-reunion-cl…