Everything on this website is the product of my own work, but this project would not have been possible without the excellent reference material that I have listed below.
A Fierce Quality: The Fighting Life of Alastair Pearson DSO & Three Bars, MC, by Julian James, published by Leo Cooper, 1989
Airborne Armour, by Keith Flint, published by Helion & Company Limited, 2004
Allied Infantry Weapons of World War Two, by Terry Gander, published by The Crowood Press Ltd., 2000
Au Galop de nos Blindés, by Lieutenant-General Roger Dewandre
By Air to Battle, prepared for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information, Crown Copyright, 1945
Call to Arms, by General Sir Richard Gale, published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1968
Churchill's Spearhead, by John Greenacre, published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 2010
Clash by Night, by Derek Mills-Roberts, published by William Kimber and Co. Limited, 1956
Commando, by Brigadier Durnford-Slater DSO and Bar, published by William Kimber & Co. Ltd., 1953
D-Day, by Stephen E. Ambrose, published by Simon and Schuster Inc., 1994
D-Day, by Brigadier Peter Young, published by Bison Books Ltd., 1990
D-Day 1944, by Robin Neillands and Roderick de Normann, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993
D-Day: By Those Who Were There, by Peter Liddle, published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2004
D-Day Commando: From Normandy to the Maas with 48 Royal Marine Commando, by Ken Ford, published by Sutton Publishing, 2003
Fighting Brigadier: The Life of Brigadier James Hill DSO MC, by Peter Harclerode, published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 2010
"Go To It!" The Illustrated History of the 6th Airborne Division, by Peter Harclerode, published by Caxton Editions, 2000
"Go To It" The Story of the 3rd Parachute Squadron, R.E., by Major J. S. R. Shave, M.C., R.E., published by The Airborne Engineers Association, 2003
History of the Glider Pilot Regiment, by Claude Smith, published by Leo Cooper, 1992
Honour To The Airborne, Part 1 & 2, by David Buxton, published by Elmdon Publishing, 1985
La Brigade Belge en Normandie, published in 1945.
March Past, by Lord Lovat, published by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited, 1978
Merville Battery & The Dives Bridges, by Carl Shilleto, published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 1999
One Night In June, by Kevin Shannon and Stephen Wright, published by Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1994
Orne Bridgehead, by Lloyd Clark, published by Sutton Publishing Ltd., 2004
Para! Fifty Years of the Parachute Regiment, by Peter Harclerode, published by BCA, 1992
Pegasus Bridge, by Stephen E. Ambrose, published by Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1997
Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge, by Carl Shilleto, published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 1999
Prisoners of War Armies and Other Land Forces of The British Empire 1939-45, published by J. B. Hayward & Son, 1990
Prisoners of War British Army 1939-45, published by J. B. Hayward & Son, 1990
Prisoners of War Naval And Air Forces of Great Britain and The Empire 1939-45, published by J. B. Hayward & Son, 1990
Pure Poett, by General Sir Nigel Poett, published by Leo Cooper, 1991
Red Berets '44, by Ellis Plaice, published by The Illustrated London News, 1994
Red Devils In Normandy, by Georges Bernage, published by Heimdal, 2002
The Day the Devils Dropped In: The 9th Parachute Battalion in Normandy - D-Day to D+6, by Neil Barber, published by Leo Cooper, 2002
The D-Day Encyclopedia, by David G. Chandler and James Lawton Collins Jr., published by Helicon Publishing Ltd., 1994
The Devil's Own Luck, by Denis Edwards, published by Leo Cooper, 1999
The Longest Day, by Cornelius Ryan, published by Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1959
The Paras: 50 Years of Courage, by David Reynolds, published by Express Newspapers plc, 1990
The Pegasus and Orne Bridges: Their Capture, Defence and Relief on D-Day, by Neil Barber, published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 2009
The Pegasus Diaries: The Private Papers of Major John Howard DSO, by John Howard and Penny Bates, published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 2006
The Rifles Are There: 1st & 2nd Battalions The Royal Ulster Rifles in the Second World War, by David Orr and David Truesdale, published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd., 2005
The Tale of Two Bridges, adapted by Barbara Maddox, published by Peter Pine-Coffin, 2003
The World At War, by Mark Arnold-Forster, published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1973
With the Sixth Airborne Division in Normandy, by Lt. Gen. R. N. Gale, published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 1948
Photographs were scanned from the above books or supplied by contributors. Ownership has been acknowledged on each photograph where it is known. If you happen to be the owner of a photograph on this site which is not credited as such, please get in touch with me and I will correct this immediately.
Details in the Awards section taken from "Honour to the Airborne Part 1". Details in the Roll of Honour section have been taken from Red "Berets '44" and enhanced through use of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. The Commando roll of honour has been supplied courtesy of David Woods.
Special thanks to Andy Baker, Neil Barber, John Butler, Tom Buttress, Denis Edwards, Ted Espindola, Keith Flint, Alan Hartley, Bob Hilton, Jim Ommeren, Peter and Michael Pine-Coffin, Bern and Fay Robins, Rene Swankhuizen and Janet Wood.
