CSM John Peter Flaherty

5115959 CSM John Peter Flaherty, of "A" Company, 8th Parachute Battalion. Having served with the Warwickshire Regiment, Flaherty volunteered for the Airborne Forces and completed parachute course no.44 at Ringway, which ran from the 28th December 1942 to the 8th January 1943; his record notes "Reliable and keen. Has worked well. Good type." He served with the 8th Battalion in Normandy and on the Rhine Crossing, where he was Mentioned in Despatches. He was demobbed on the 26th April 1946. Copyright: Paul Flaherty.