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An appeal for assistance from King Hussein saw the Brigade, less the 1st Battalion, flown into Amman to secure the airfield a...
Patrick Leslie Carroll enlisted into the Coldstream Guards in Hull in April 1956 and volunteered for airborne forces in March 1957.L/Cpl ‘Les’ Carroll undertook parachute training course 443 which ran from 24 April to 20 May 1947 at RAF Abingdon. He was posted to No 1 (Guards) Independent Company.
He served in Cyprus and Jordan before being demobbed April 1959.
Service History
- 1957 No 1 (Guards) Independent Parachute Company (Lance Corporal)
