Carl Shilleto @MervilleBattery
Carl Shilleto's 3rd book on 6th Airborne Division in Normandy, published 1999, 2001, 2004 & 2011. Project Manager of https://t.co/pAanRwmnby carlshilleto.co.uk Normandy, France and York, UK Joined June 2016-
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The 9th Battalion Reunion Club dinner. 9thparabattalion.com/annual-reunion…
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Excited to announce the launch of a new website for the 9th Battalion Parachute Regiment Reunion Club! Info is a little sparse so far, but hoping to crowdsource it with pictures, stories and info from/about veterans, families & friends. Please contribute! 9thparabattalion.com
@Barber1944 @BatteryMerville @DDayMuseumUK @DDaystripes @OtwayInNormandy Yes Neil, my twitter typo. Records on @CarlShilleto are correct.
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In Memoriam L/Cpl C A Cote 1 Cdn Para Bn @6thairborne Div #KIA 20 Aug1944. #MemorialPage at: fallenheroesofnormandy.org/Servicemen/Det…
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Laying up of #Normandy #Veterans #Association Standard at YorkMinster 14th March 2017
Private Reginald S. N. Fowler, #9Para #25Jul1944 #MemorialPage & #BookofRemembrance at fallenheroesofnormandy.org/Servicemen/Det… #RIP
Lt Murray W. Christie, #9Para #17Jun1944 #MemorialPage & #BookofRemembrance at fallenheroesofnormandy.org/Servicemen/Det… #RIP
WOII Walter George Beckwith, #9Para #17Aug1944 #MemorialPage & #BookofRemembrance at fallenheroesofnormandy.org/Servicemen/Det… #RIP
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Visit soon (up to 12 March 2017) if you want to see us before our refurbishment begins. We reopen in Spring 2018. ddaymuseum.co.uk/d-day/transfor…
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Visit before end of Sunday for a last look before our refurbishment begins. We reopen Spring 2018. Support us: ddaymuseum.co.uk/d-day/support-…
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All 44,000+ memorial pages on the Fallen Heroes of Normandy archive & website have a BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE. Pls Visit normandyfallen.com/GuestBook/Index
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In Memoriam Private Ceiriog Josue Henri Sebire 9 Parachute Battalion. 6th Airborne Division 24th July 1944 normandyfallen.com/Servicemen/Det…
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York City Thurs 19 Jan 2017 I will be at Parliament Steet 10am-3pm to answer questions on Normandy Battlefields or Fallen Heroes of Normandy
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Geoff Pattinson, 9th Parachute Battalion, doing his bit for the Poppy Appeal. Brilliant. fb.me/4fl7hGT1T
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Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
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@HistoryHit About to start this, Ron Tucker of the 9th battalion.
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Very sad to say that another of the few remaining 9th Parachute Battalion Merville Battery veterans has passed... fb.me/2mdb2bLuG
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View from Walbury hill,Berks,England.Plaque in mem to 9th Bttn Para's;trained here4 attack on Merville Batt on D-Day
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A view of 9Para's D-Day mem at Walbury hill, Berks, England; Site of their training, simulating attack in Normandy.
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