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Friends of the Tenth is a registered charity, comprised of a group of like-minded individuals committed to perpetuating the memory and legacy of the brave men of the 10th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment so that their part in history shall never be forgotten.

We have erected a commemorative stone sculpture in the Leicestershire Parish of Somerby, where the Battalion was stationed in the lead-up to a fateful drop behind enemy lines in the Battle of Arnhem in 1944.

We also want to raise awareness of this tragic story, when so many gave their lives, by educating all generations, but especially young people, about this passage in history in the months leading up to the end of the Second World War.

We would be delighted if you can support our fundraising.

NEWS AND EVENTS

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The Memorial Pathway
21st May 2025

An important statement from Friends of The Tenth     When we formed our charity, a main objective was to ‘name in tablets of stone all the members of the Battalion at the time of the Battle of Arnhem’. This mission will be accomplished by September this year with the installation of a Memorial pathway. […]

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image courtesy of Neil Fiford
Service of Remembrance
23rd October 2024

  We will be holding our annual service of Remembrance at The Tenth Battalion Memorial, Burrough on the Hill, starting at 10.45am Sunday 10th November 2024. Everyone is welcome to the service and afterwards at the Get Busy Living Centre for tea, coffee and snacks.  

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‘A Small World’ by Alexandra Dembitz – a Jewish Paratrooper killed at Arnhem
25th August 2024

In February 2023 Martin Sugarman, the archivist at AJEX, sent me a photo of a man in a WW2 uniform, carrying my Uncle Denny’s photo.  Martin is the author of ‘Fighting Back: British Jewry’s Military Contribution in the Second World War’ (Valentine Mitchell 2017) that includes an entire chapter devoted to the Jewish paratroopers who […]

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