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- Richard_Lonsdale abstract "Lieutenant Colonel Richard "Dickie" Thomas Henry Lonsdale DSO & Bar, MC (27 December 1913 – 23 November 1988) was an officer of the British Army who served with the Parachute Regiment throughout much of the Second World War.Born in 1913, Lonsdale initially entered the British Army in the 1930s as a private before attending Royal Military College, Sandhurst and being commissioned as an officer in the Leicestershire Regiment. In 1938, while serving with his regiment in Waziristan, he was awarded the Military Cross. After the outbreak of the Second World War he was a founding member of the 151st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment in India. By 1943 he had been promoted to lead A Company of the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment and served with distinction in the Allied invasion of Sicily. After returning to England he was made second in command of the 11th Battalion, Parachute Regiment in 1944, shortly before flying to Arnhem with the rest of the 4th Parachute Brigade and 1st Airborne Division. Here he again served with distinction during the Battle of Arnhem, and despite being wounded he took command of a mixed force that successfully defended the Allied perimeter against repeated German attacks. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order twice, for his actions in Sicily and Arnhem.After the war Lonsdale remained with the army and took command of 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment. He later served with the King's African Rifles in Uganda before he retired from the army in 1951. He died in 1988.".
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- Richard_Lonsdale birthDate "1913-12-27".
- Richard_Lonsdale birthYear "1913".
- Richard_Lonsdale deathDate "1988-11-23".
- Richard_Lonsdale deathYear "1988".
- Richard_Lonsdale militaryBranch British_Army.
- Richard_Lonsdale militaryCommand "3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment".
- Richard_Lonsdale militaryCommand "A Company,2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment".
- Richard_Lonsdale militaryUnit Parachute_Regiment_(United_Kingdom).
- Richard_Lonsdale militaryUnit Royal_Leicestershire_Regiment.
- Richard_Lonsdale restingPlace Aldershot_Military_Cemetery.
- Richard_Lonsdale serviceEndYear "1951".
- Richard_Lonsdale serviceStartYear "1936".
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