Parachute Regiment
 

Found a couple of pics, first of my dad around 1955. Second one of his mate on his wedding day. Also a little scribble dad had drawn on the back of the photo to my mum, it was along with a sweet little poem. See Para's can be romantic too! :)

Alli

Any idea what the badge below the Pegasus badge is?
And is that last photo one of your prison tattoos?

Dunno, I'll have a look with my whadjamacallit to see if I can make it out.

Shh, don't be telling people about my death eater tattoo!

Nice to see the beret being worn properly. Why do they wear their cap badges over their ears nowadays ? RSMs get a grip!!!!!

That's the best I can do on a close up of that other badge, does the bottom part look a bit like numerals? he was 2 Para. Impossible for me to make it out but someone who is more familiar might have more luck.

Yes, I was "struck" by the beret, tho' the badge isn't exactly above the eye.
"I Was Montys Double" (1958) has been doing the rounds of daytime TV, it shows what's obviously genuine wartime footage of Paras mixed in with close ups of 1958-ish Paras, the beret styles are very different, the 50's ones are worn "tented" rather like RM ones were during the 70's.

I can't make it out - closest I can come up with is a Drummers drum.

He played the drums....but I think it was in a skiffle band, not sure about the Para's!

Yes I recorded it the other day, interesting to see the variation in how it was worn compared to now. That was my dads big whinge, it not being worn properly. The amount of times he collared me when I was wearing his beret playing soldiers and I got a telling off, never for wearing it, just for wearing it wrong. And he used to alter my Action Man's beret if it wasn't on properly, and that was only a bloody plastic one! Picky, picky, picky.

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Oi don't you start! :p

Me ?;)

Pig tail puller

He's a smart chap, wasted in the Para's. Should have joined the Guards.
Andy;)

Guards couldn't have handled him, he was a tearaway like his offspring :D