[148952] Wollaton Hall : 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Roll of Honour
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park, Nottingham.
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment War Memorial.
Dedicated to the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment which was a unit of the United States Army during World War II. They used Wollaton Park as its base, in the lead-up to D-Day.
Dedicated to our brave friends both past & present of the American 508th Parachute Infantry Regiments of the 82nd Airbourne Division, who set up camp in this park in preparation for D-Day.
They parachuted into Normandy on June 6th 1944 and returned here during that summer before parachuting into Holland on 17th September in the battle to liberate Europe.
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Roll of Honour 1944-1945.
The 508th PIR took part in airborne operations across occupied Europe, Operation Neptune on D-Day. Operation Market Garden in Holland and the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.
[148952] Wollaton Hall : 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Roll of Honour
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park, Nottingham.
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment War Memorial.
Dedicated to the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment which was a unit of the United States Army during World War II. They used Wollaton Park as its base, in the lead-up to D-Day.
Dedicated to our brave friends both past & present of the American 508th Parachute Infantry Regiments of the 82nd Airbourne Division, who set up camp in this park in preparation for D-Day.
They parachuted into Normandy on June 6th 1944 and returned here during that summer before parachuting into Holland on 17th September in the battle to liberate Europe.
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Roll of Honour 1944-1945.
The 508th PIR took part in airborne operations across occupied Europe, Operation Neptune on D-Day. Operation Market Garden in Holland and the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.