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In pictures: Veterans visit paratrooper training

By Martin Little
In pictures: Veterans visit paratrooper training
Corp Nick Quinn of 2 Para with veteran Jeff Pattinson, aged 90, during a visit by veterans of the 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion to the Merville Barracks home of the 16 Air Assault Brigade to watch current paratroopers ground training ahead of a commemorative parachute jump in Normandy
(From left) Tom Welsh, aged 88, Cecil Hughes, aged 88, Sergeant Alan Jackson of 3 Para, Corporal Nick Quinn of 2 Para and Jeff Pattinson, aged 90 during a visit by veterans of the 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion to the Merville Barracks home of the 16 Air Assault Brigade to watch current paratroopers ground training ahead of a commemorative parachute jump in Normandy
Sergeant Jim Kilbride of 4 Para with veteran Fred Milward, aged 90, during a visit by veterans of the 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion to the Merville Barracks home of the 16 Air Assault Brigade to watch current paratroopers ground training ahead of a commemorative parachute jump in Normandy on June 5th
Veterans of the 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion to the Merville Barracks home of the 16 Air Assault Brigade to watch current paratroopers ground training ahead of a commemorative parachute jump in Normandy on June 5th