3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 3rd Parachute Brigade was an airborne forces brigade raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The brigade was initially part of the 1st Airborne Division, but remained in Britain when that division was sent overseas, and became part of the 6th Airborne Division, alongside 5th Parachute Brigade and 6th Airlanding Brigade.
Paratrooper of the brigade's 8th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, pictured here with a Sten gun.
Parachute troops during Exercise Mush, April 1944
General Sir Bernard Montgomery greets RSM A. Parsons of the 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion during an inspection of the 6th Airborne Division at Bulford, Wiltshire, 8 March 1944. Stood closest to the camera is the brigade's commander, Brigadier "Speedy" Hill.
Men of the 9th Parachute Battalion in Amfreville, near the hotly contested village of Breville
1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
The 1st Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War. The division was formed in late 1941 during the Second World War, after the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, demanded an airborne force, and was initially under command of Major-General Frederick A. M. "Boy" Browning. The division was one of two airborne divisions raised by the British Army during the war, with the other being the 6th Airborne Division, created in May 1943, using former units of the 1st Airborne Division.
Men from the 1st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden fighting in the battle of Arnhem, September 1944.
British paratroopers training in Norwich, England, June 1941
King George VI inspects an airborne jeep fitted with a Vickers machine gun during a visit to the airborne forces in Southern Command, 21 May 1942. With him is Major-General "Boy" Browning, GOC of the 1st Airborne Division.
King George VI inspecting men of the 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, April 1943. Accompanying him is the battalion's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Osmund Luxmore Jones.