Box predominately contains photocopies of foundational military/government documents, memos, and reports pertaining to the establishment of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, their training, organization, equipment, and facilities (1942-1946). Military/government documents are primarily from the Department of National Defence, the Inter-Service Committee, the Canadian Military Headquarters, and the Royal Canadian Air Force. This box also contains a significant amount of reference information and research notes by the creators of the collection, as well as documents related to later iterations of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and its legacy in the Canadian Military.
Box predominately contains photocopies of military documents, memos, and reports specifically pertaining to the training of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion at Camp Bulford, England (1944). This includes training syllabuses, operation orders, morale/status reports, etc. from the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Air Force, The Department of National Defence, and the Canadian Military Headquarters. Contains full-text photocopies of training syllabuses.
Box contains photocopies of military documents, memos, and reports specifically pertaining to the preparation and deployment of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in France, June 1944. This includes reports, reconnaissance, maps, operational orders, war diaries, volunteer selection, and preparation for Operation Neptune, D-Day, etc., as well as firsthand accounts and letters from veterans of the Parachute Battalions who fought in France. Also includes a significant amount of various newspaper clippings from England and North America with articles focusing on the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and their imminent deployment and actions in Europe.
Box predominately contains photocopies of military documents, memos, and reports specifically pertaining to the preparation and deployment of Canadian Parachute Battalions in France, June 1944. This includes reports, operations, war diaries, and firsthand accounts and letters from veterans of the Parachute Battalions who fought in France. Also contains a significant amount of newspaper clippings focusing on veterans, memorials, anniversaries post-war.
Box predominately contains photocopies of military documents, memos, and reports specifically pertaining to the Canadian Parachute Battalions in France 1944, post-D-Day. This includes debriefings, status and operation reports, strength inventories, War Office meetings, war diaries, as well as training syllabuses and information/documents pertaining to additional training and coursework undertaken by the Parachute Battalions. In addition, the box contains documents pertaining to the rest of the Canadian Parachute Battalion’s campaign in France, including reports on fighting in the Ardennes, 1944-1945.
Box predominately contains photocopies of military documents, memos, and reports pertaining to the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion's deployments in Holland and Germany, 1945. This includes reports, operations, war diaries, etc., as well as a significant amount of documents tied to the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion’s contributions and role in Operation Varsity (also known as Operation Plunder).
Box predominately contains photocopies of military documents, memos, and reports pertaining to the status and role of the 1st Parachute Battalion in the aftermath of victory in Europe 1945. This includes official dispatch documents to reassign the battalion to the Pacific theatre, maintain their overseas command under the British 6th Airborne, and their return to Canada. In addition, box contains firsthand accounts of returning soldiers of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, as well as a significant amount of newspaper clippings featuring articles focusing on their return to Canada.
Material pertains to audio cassettes in boxes 17 and 18.
Box contains photocopies and predominately web-sourced printouts (some original) of various accounts from veterans of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. Also contains personal files and KIA reports.
Box contains audio cassette tapes of interviews with veteran members of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion interviewed by Michel Wyczynski.
Interviewees include:
- Anderson, "Andy" Andrew
- Bael, Michael
- Chapman, Norm
- Carignan, Alcide
- Creelman, Dick
- Feduck, John
- Hilborne, Richard
- Jean, Earnie
- Jenkins, W.A.
- Larose, Roland
Box contains audio cassette tapes of interviews with veteran members of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion interviewed by Michel Wyczynski. Also includes DVD "Victory From Above", regarding the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion's role and actions in World War II.
Interviewees include:
- Mainville, Roland
- Peppard, Herb
- Reid, Harry
- Ross, John
- Simpson, John
- Skalicky, Slim
- Stammer, Art
- Wright, George
- Talbot, William (Bill)
- Trudel, Lionel
- Tucker, Alf