A First War "Lord Kitchener" Commemorative Matchbox Cover Buy Now The 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion

The 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion was formed by the conversion of the 7th Battalion

The first batch of fifty F-S Fighting Knives were produced in January 1941 by Wilkinson Sword Ltd after Fairbairnand Sykes had travelled down to their factory from the Special Training Centre at Lochailort

he was admitted again

he was awarded One Good Conduct Badge on August 11

A First War "Lord Kitchener" Commemorative Matchbox Cover Buy Now The 5th (Scottish) Parachute BattalionTin with a printed and celluloid wrapper, printed in black inks on a white base, open on three sides, magnetic, front panel illustrating a black and white image of Lord Kitchener wearing his various awards, inside a black ruled frame, back panel illustrating the Royal crown above the inscription "In Memoriam. "His Monument His Army His Grave Our Unconquered Sea." "He Did His Duty." ", spine inscribed "Born June 24th. 1850 Drowned June 5th. 1916"