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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division in action f...
W Hellyar enlisted into the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and later volunteered for airborne forces.He qualified as a military parachutist on course 50 which ran at RAF Ringway from 8 to 22 February 1943 and served in A Company, 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion. The course report reads ‘L/Cpl Hellyar: Very keen, shown great courage. Make good paratroop.’
L/Cpl ‘Monty’ Hellyar was wounded in Normandy.
Service History
- Date not known 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion (Lance Corporal)