The 9th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was created in late 1942 by the conversi
Cap badge of the Parachute Regiment
Parachute troops jumping from a Whitley bomber near Windsor England.
Men of the 9th Parachute Battalion marching through Amfreville.
Men of the 9th Parachute Battalion in Germany.
The Battle of Merville Gun Battery was a series of British assaults beginning 6 June 1944, as part of Operation Tonga, part of the Normandy landings, during the Second World War. Allied intelligence b
9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion
…two major parachute landings in the Normandy invasion, and the River Rhine crossing in Germany. In Normandy they were responsible for the attack on the Merville Gun Battery, which, if not eliminated, could pose a danger to the Normandy landings. After the war the battalion was sent to Palestine on internal security operations…
Overhead view of the battery, showing the damage caused by a bombing raid in May 1944
2010 photograph of one of the concrete gun casemates