8th (Midland) Battalion Parachute Regiment Badge set

Parachute Regiment (8th Midland Battalion) Badge set 

This badge set wopuld have been worn by WW2 British Paratroopers of the 8th (Midland) Battalion Parachute Regiment who were selected and formed from the 13th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment in November 1942 and became part of the 3rd Parachute Brigade of the newly formed 6th Airborne Division in 1943.

These badges would have worn when on combat operations and when based in the UK

The Battalion jumped at D-Day on 6th June 1944 and was tasked to destroy bridges across the Dives River. It fought in Normandy until the break-out to the Seine in August and again in the Ardennes during the winter of 1944-5. In March 1945 the Battalion parachuted as part of the Rhine Crossings and participated in the subsequent advance across Germany to the Baltic.

It was worn by Paratroopers during 

• Operation Overlord invasion of Europe Normandy June 6th 1944 
• Battle of the Bulge December 1944
• Operation Varsity(Crossing of the Rhine ) march 1945