BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:52@historyfare.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250306T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250306T220000 DTSTAMP:20250304T105206Z URL:https://historyfare.co.uk/events/historyfare-monthly-talk-the-british- 1st-airborne-division/ SUMMARY:HistoryFare Monthly Talk - The British 1st Airborne Division DESCRIPTION:For our March talk\, we take a look at some of the main units o f the 1st Airborne and where they were billeted mainly focusing on the Mel ton Mowbray and Grantham areas.\n\nAt the end of 1943\, after fighting in North Africa\, Tuinisia\, Sicily and Italy\, the British 1st Airborne Divi sion was withdrawn from the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations back to En gland to prepare\, re-equip and train for operations including D-Day and M arket Garden.\n\nThe units of the 1st Airborne set up their HQ’s and bil lets across Rutland\, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire forming an Airborne corrider with the US 82nd Airborne Division and the US IXth AF Troop Carri er Command operating from airfields in the area.\nTo reserve your seat\, p lease select the “book now” label above or email \;meltonhistoryfa re@gmail.com\n \;\nAdmission cost £3 per person\, payable on arrival. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://historyfare.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/202 4/09/32nd-TCS-aicraft.jpg CATEGORIES:Local History,Military History,Parachute Regiment,WW2 LOCATION:Melton Mowbray RAF Association Tornado Club\, 24 Asfordby Road\, M elton Mowbray\, Leicestershire\, LE13 0HR\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=24 Asfordby Road\, Melton M owbray\, Leicestershire\, LE13 0HR\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-T ITLE=Melton Mowbray RAF Association Tornado Club:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR