10 PARA Photo Gallery

If you served in the 10th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment after the war you might see some faces that  you knew and some familiar scenes. If you are with 10 Company, 4 PARA you are welcome too. You might have pictures and memories from Iraq now that the Territorials get to do things for real. Lend them or send them and get seen worldwide.

To add your photos get in touch with Ginger Meade, the Secretary of the PRA for Members Past and Present. Call him on 020 8241 4791 or by email at paraginger.pra@gmail.com or send them direct to mike@sunray22b.net

1 Company
2 Company
3 Company           
4 Company            Awaiting input.
Support Company  Awaiting input.
HQ Company
10 Company, 4 PARA Awaiting input.
Chris, Camera And Recruits In 1969

 

3 PARA in Afghanistan
The Daily Mail sent a camera man along.

 

4 PARA
The three Territorial battalions have been squeezed into one sadly. So 4 PARA lives on while 10 PARA and the 15th Jocks are but memories.

 

Where would we be without our wonderful provost sergeants?

 

Official Sites
The Parachute Regiment
1 PARA
2 PARA
3 PARA
4 PARA
Airborne Charities
Pegasus Journal
The Parachute Regimental Association

 

British Airborne Forces 1940 - 1945
Is an archive covering D Day, Arnhem and other battles.

 

Lionel Queripel VC 
Was a company commander at Arnhem in 1944 and died there.

 

Battalions Of The Parachute Regiment
Is the Wikipedia's offering.

 

Palace Barracks Memorial Garden
Is dedicated to the men who lost their lives serving Queen and Country.

 

Parachute Regiment - Home Service Force
Was a good outfit in its day. They did EXERCISE BRAVE DEFENDER a lot of years, ago now, 1985 in fact. Rumour says that the Russian Spetsnaz joined in. They would have had live ammo rather than blank. Rather more on them at Spetsnaz

 

Parachute Regimental Association
Is for those of us who served and survived.
It’s Not the Price you pay to be a Member. but the Price you paid to be eligible

 

Parachuting
The basic parachuting course was at  RAF Abingdon, near Oxford. Now it is at RAF Brize Norton or was until training was suspended by Blair and Brown.

 

Para Data - 10 PARA
Is another source.

 

Path Finder Group UK
Is run by Roy Mobsby late of 2 Company. They jump from Dakotas - for fun of course.

 

Pegasus Archive
Is about the Regiment as well as 10 PARA.

 

Russian Parachute Operations
The Red Army was a bigger outfit, a much bigger outfit. Were they better? We never found out fortunately.

 

Special Forces Roll Of Honour
Is international. It has 2 PARA as well.

 

The Nijmegen March

Not many men die on this one.