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The 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. Formed by the conversion of the 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment to parachute duties, the battalion was assigned to the 3rd Parachute Brigade in the 6th Airborne Division. After the war the battalion was sent to Palestine with the 6th Airborne Division until January 1948, when it was amalgamated with the 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion to form the 8th/9th Parachute Battalion.

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  • The 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. Formed by the conversion of the 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment to parachute duties, the battalion was assigned to the 3rd Parachute Brigade in the 6th Airborne Division. After the war the battalion was sent to Palestine with the 6th Airborne Division until January 1948, when it was amalgamated with the 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion to form the 8th/9th Parachute Battalion.
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  • The emblem of the Second World war British Airborne Forces, Bellerophon riding the flying horse Pegasus
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  • The 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. Formed by the conversion of the 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment to parachute duties, the battalion was assigned to the 3rd Parachute Brigade in the 6th Airborne Division. The battalion fought in the Normandy invasion, and the break out to the River Seine. Withdrawn to England in September 1944, the German winter offensive known as the Battle of the Bulge saw the battalion return to the continent. Their final mission during the war, was the River Rhine crossing, followed by the advance to the Baltic. After the war the battalion was sent to Palestine with the 6th Airborne Division until January 1948, when it was amalgamated with the 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion to form the 8th/9th Parachute Battalion.
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