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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 15th (King's)
Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute
Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The
15th Parachute Battalion was formed in India during 1945 from the 1st
Battalion the King's Regiment (Liverpool). Prior to this the battalion
had been part of the Chindit special force. It was assigned to the 77th
Indian Parachute Brigade, part of the 44th Indian Airborne Division. The
war ended before the battalion was committed to any combat but a number
of officers and sergeants parachuted into Japanese Prisoner of War Camps
in Java, Sumatra, Bangkok and Singapore to provide aid to the prisoners.
