Brigadier Sir Alexander Beville Gibbons Stanier, 2nd Baronet of Peplow Hall, was a British Army officer who fought in the First and Second World Wars, particularly distinguished for his actions at Boulogne in 1940, on D-Day in 1944, and in the Rhineland in 1944.
Alexander Stanier
Memorial to Brigadier Stanier at Arromanches.
General Sir Bernard Montgomery with the U.S. First Army commander, Lieutenant General Omar Bradley (centre), and Stanier at Montgomery's HQ in Normandy. Stanier had just received the Silver Star from Bradley.
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
