Route March, 29 March 1944: 'A' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion
Men of 3 Platoon, 'A' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, on a route march near Grantham, just before Operation MARKET GARDEN. (Via Bob Hilton)
Note:
The War Office base map used in this document is Sheet 55 (Grantham) of the England and Wales One-Inch Popular Series, GSGS 3907 - 1933-43, and is reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. It can be accessed online here: Map Sheet 55 Grantham of the wartime military Ordnance Survey series.
Route march undertaken by 'A' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, on 29 March 1944; distance = 20 miles (approx. 32 km).
This route march was approximately 20 miles (32km) long and was undertaken by 'A' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion. It started and finished at crossroads close to Easton Hall, where the Company Headquarters was located.
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