Posts tagged with "Glider pilot regiment / Independent squadron"



In Memoriam · 15 October 2017
JENNER William Roy Rank : Sergent Service number : 2058532 Regiment : The glider pilot regiment Date of death : August 19, 1944 Note : Prior to volunteering for the glider pilot Regiment, Roy served with the royal engineers and the royal artillery. At the end of 1943 the glider pilot regiment departed Italy, but left behind a group of glider pilots who formed the independent Squadron. Roy became a member of this squadron. On 15th august 1944 he took part in the invasion of Southern France...