227806 Bell British Army 89th Para Regiment My dad joined the British Army on 9th September 1939. He was wounded at Dunkirk and came home to Belfast, Northern Ireland. When he returned, he enlisted in the newly formed paratroop training outfit. He was in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. He was demobbed in 1946. He left for America in 1947, then brought us out in December 1948. He was never the same after the war and there were few times when he would talk about it. He died in 1953 and my grandchildren are at the stage where they want to know about him and his war service. If anyone might know how I might get any information about the 89th Irish Para Regt I would be grateful.
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My name is Kevin Morrison. I am a collection holder at Glasgow Caledonian University. My collection relates to the Home Front during the Second World War. I have a government publication from 1945 called `By air to battle: the official account of the British First and Sixth Airborne Divisions'. I have had a look, but I couldn't see any mention of the 89th Irish Para Regiment. It does, though, have some really good information on the formation of the Paras and also accounts of the desert and Italian campaigns. If you would like to give me your address I can photocopy the relevant parts and send them to you. My website address is: http://www.lib.gcal.ac.uk/speccoll/morrison/index.htm.
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