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<p>The Headquarters and The Association of The Parachute Regiment are closely engaged
with our in-country staff in co-ordinating a series of events taking place in and
around Arnhem over the period 20-22 September 2019. Both the Chief of the General
Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff will be in attendance at the main Dutch event
in Arnhem at the invitation of their respective opposite numbers within the Royal
Netherlands Armed Forces.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the commemorations, both the Mercian
Regiment and the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment will be providing substantial representation;
given their antecedent Regiments’ involvement in the form of the South Staffordshire
Regiment and the Border Regiment, respectively, as glider-borne troops who made up
the 1st Air Landing Brigade.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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