THE BATTLE OF PLAMAN MAPU

Aden & Radfan

RAF Hastings aircraft, Call Sign TG 577

Kiel Canal - Germany ... Wednesday 11th September 1974

131 Independent Parachute Squadron

Northern Ireland

Falkland Islands

Iraq

Afghanistan

Pte Henry ‘Harry’ Smith (Killed in Action (KIA) on the way to man his mortar Pit) Mortar Pln, SP Coy.
Buried Sec C11, Grave B14, Kranji Military Cemetery, Singapore

Lance Corporal Ian McKellar who was amongst the several wounded in the close-quarter battle, later died in hospital.

Suez Veteran's Association

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PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF PLAMAN MAPU BY JOHN 'PATCH' WILLIAMS

The Indonesians were continuing to try and destabilize the fledgling Federation of Malaysia. So to meet the possible threat of invasion it was decided that 2 Para should be sent to Borneo. Prior to the battalion's departure Lieutenant Colonel Eberhardie decided to send me and a sprinkling of officers and NCOs for a refresher course at the jungle warfare training school in Singapore. About two weeks later the battalion followed me and we trained them up. The battalion was crash-coursed through. One of the platoons that joined B Company, of which I was Company Sergeant Major, hadn't even finished its recruit training at the Depot. It had another three weeks to go, but they decided they would send them out as reinforcements and their final three weeks were to be completed in the jungle instead of Wales. So we had these 19-year-old boys as a platoon.

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PARACHUTE REGIMENT

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Lt AHB. Acton 2 Para 21.01.1952
Fatally shot by a combatant, hidden in one of the crypts, during the search of the Moslem cemetery by the outer cordon in the action at the Bureau Sanitaire. 
His assailant was shot dead by D. Atkinson, an A- Company member of 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment.
Pte A F. Campbell 2 Para 06.01.1953
Pte W J. Cheesebrough 1 Para 21.08.1952
L/Cpl F H. Fannon 2 Para 09.04.1952
Sgt K. Goldsmith 1 Para 27.11.1953
His parachute failed to open during a training exercise
Pte FMJ. Heaphy 2 Para 10.02.1952
Pte F. Jenkins 2 Para 12.07.1953
Pte T O. Johnson 3 Para 03.11.1952
Pte G J. Pike 1 Para 21.08.1952
Pte A. Somerville 3 Para 20.05.1953
Pte J B. Vaux 1 Para 30.05.1954
Pte Edward Armstrong WILLIAMS (Para)

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33 AIRBORNE LIGHT REGIMENT... RA

Question :-
When 33 Parachute Light Regiment RA was put into suspended animation seemingly so that 7 RHA could take over the parachute role why the commando role didn't go to the RHA at the same time ...
(or subsequently)
Answer :- Make your own mind-up

Gnr K.C. Goodall 8th Oct. 1952 
Gnr S.W. Webster 8th Oct 1952
Gnr C.A. Noble 20th Oct 1952

33 Parachute Regiment, RA, The regiment was based in North Camp, Aldershot under Lt Col Guy Fawkes DSO MC RA and was shipped out from Portsmouth on HMS Theseus to Famagusta, Cyprus in August 1956 as part of the 16th Independant Parachute Brigade. WO1 = RSM Honey, WO11 = BSM Tony Heal. Initially we were engaged on internal security duties in Cyprus due to EOKA and later we took part in the Suez invasions. Later we were all shipped back to the UK on the Cunard ship RMS Ascania which was taken out of a scrap-yard for this specific purpose. She took 14 days to get us home whereas HMS Theseus took only 5 days to get from Portsmouth to Famagusta!

Also the following men attached :-

Cemetery

Attached to :-

Sargeant Peter KIMMINS
Killed in an incident involving a gun and another soldier
Captain Douglas ROWLAND-WATKINS
Killed in road incident
Private Rowland Brian MILLS
Staff Sargeant William Cyril NOCK

Moascar War Cemetery

Fayid War Cemetery

Moascar War Cemetery
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3 Para Bn ACC

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16 Ind Para Bde GP Ord Fld Park
16 Para Works

B Company

6 Platoon, B Company, The Second Battalion The Parachute Regiment