Karl, aged 25, moved from the language school he was working at in Italy to Baghdad after getting his call-up papers for the Allied campaign in Iraq. Karl, who is from Selly Park, Birmingham, is a private in the elite Parachute Regiment, and spent time as part of small force guarding...
WE have lost at least four colleagues who saw service during the last war: Stanley Lowe who served in the Parachute Regiment; Jim Smith ex-Royal Navy; Frank Drakeford, a former RAF aircrew member; and Charles Jones, a former Burma War veteran who also saw service in Dunkirk. ex-service ...
the Invasion of Normandy, he and the 9th Parachute Battalion were dropped over German lines, and tasked with destroying the Merville Gun Battery. Armed with four 150 mm guns, the Merville Gun Battery was crucial to the German defense. Otway became a hero for his leadership that day, and ...
In the hours before the Invasion of Normandy, he and the 9th Parachute Battalion were dropped over German lines, and tasked with destroying the Merville Gun Battery. Armed with four 150 mm guns, the Merville Gun Battery was crucial to the German defense. Otway became a hero for his ...