G'day

my grandfather was part of the 1st Yorkshire Parachute Regiment which I am told is part of the 6th Airborne Divison (Red Berets). I have his pegasus shoulder flash and a couple of ariborne wings(1 steel, 1 cloth) and am just looking for any information on this regiment. This all the information I have, I know it is not much but it is all that I have and can find. I was hoping that someone would some kind of information as to:

Were they active in ww2
if so where did they fight
the rest of the formation info. if there is any.

any information would be great because it'll be more then I have.

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Do you mean 12th (Yorskhire) Battalion Parachute Regiment?
I don't think there was 1st Yorkshire one.
Have you seen this site?
The 6th Airborne Division in Normandy

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well as far as I have been told it is the 1st but I just don't know and my grandfather and my father have both passed away and I cant get in touch with grandma, so i don't know anyone who would know.

thanks for the site anyway but I couldn't find anything that seemed of value.

do you know of any units that were in reserve at the time, maybe his unit is there?

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Do you have any idea of Grandad's Army number?
It'll tell who he first joined up with.
I'm wondering if joined a Yorkshire regiment & then transferred to the Paras & your family history has muddled it slighty, things like that can often happen.

Here is a list of Para Battalions, no such unit as 1st Yorkshire.
List of battalions of the Parachute Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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No i don't have the no. and, I don't know at all it is possible that it did.

and I have already been to that site as well as many others and couldn't find anything about the 1st either, just as you said only the 12th.

Well I only know he was apart of the red berets because of the pegasus shoulder flash and I know it was yorkshire because I also have some more pieces of cloth (that look like they go over the shoulder straps) that say yorkshire on it.

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Do the Yorkshire titles look like the ones on this web page?
Scroll down to Yorskire titiles photos, 12 Para.
Best image I could find.
JUST ORDINARY MEN. HQ Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron, 1st British Airborne Division (WW2) - Uniform & Personal

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If you go down to the left sleeve and right sleeve section just above the trousers section I have everything on the right sleeve except the airbone patch

so yes and that means whoever told me the 1st was wrong, it was either the 2nd or the 12th

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If you've Yorkshire titles I'd go with 12 PARA.

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I was leaning toward that one, it must be where the 1 came from, they just missed a number, well thankyou.

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Hey just thought I would let you know, I was able to finally anle to contact my grand mother about grandda, She said he was part ot the East Yorkshire Regiment and later transferred to the 12th Yorkshire Regiment, and arrived in Central Europe just as the war was finishingm then he was transferred to Malayasia to see the end of the Pacific war and helo look after Japanese prisioners. So it was the 12th not the 1st

Thank you for your help.

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