British Army Airborne a Patch Title Border Regiment Airlanding b

British Army Airborne Patch 1 Battalion Border Regiment Yellow Green Purple Title b Airlanding Brigade 1 Airborne Division 1943 Applique embroidered on wool black loose gauze back 32mm by 93mm one and one quarter inches by three and five eighth inches.  

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1 Battalion Border Regiment went to France with the British Expeditionary Force and fought in the Battle of France as part of 42 Infantry Division and were evacuated from Dunkirk. On return to Britain the Battalion was transferred to the mountain warfare trained 31 Independent Infantry Brigade.

31 Independent Infantry Brigade was converted to glider infantry and was renamed 1st Glider Brigade forming part of the 1 Airborne Division in October 1941. 1 Bn Border Regt took part in Operation Ladbroke spearheading the invasion of Sicily with a glider assault on 9 July 1943 and suffered heavy casualties with many gliders landing in the sea. The Battalion returned to North Africa at the end of July to regroup and after getting back to strength move to southern Italy in September 1943 for combat operations. Following action the Battalion was relocated back to the UK with 1 Airborne Division in November 1943 to train for Operation Overlord the invasion of France. 1 Bn Border Regt did not take part in the D Day operations but were selected for Operation Market Garden airborne landings at Arnhem Holland on 17 September 1944 fighting around the landing grounds and the reducing perimeter at Oosterbeek until overrun or retreating across the Rhine on 26 September 1944.

The Battalion returned to the UK to regroup and took part in the Liberation of Norway in May 1945 before moving to Trieste as part of the Allied Occupation Force. The 1 Airlanding Brigade and 1 Airborne Division disbanded in November 1945 with its airlanding battalions returning to conventional infantry.  

This patch dates from 1943.