1st Gryphon Parachute Squadron 

Legion of Frontiersmen   ( Countess Mountbatten's own  ) 

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Our Aim:-To establish a highly trained and mobile rescue aid unit to assist the local authority
 

 

The Legion of Frontiersmen has always held that anyone of any age, colour, creed, ability or disability can be of service to his or her fellows and community through its ranks.

 
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Contact Us Formed at the beginning of 2005, to continue the tradition of the legion of Frontiersmen spirit, and use the skills of ex-service personnel in helping were ever needed.  At the centenary celebrations of the Legion in April 2005 the squadron was formally recognised and is now recruiting and training anyone who is interested.  Primarily in parachuting and Civic fundraising events.  We are currently looking for people who have skills to share. The squadron is under the wing of the UK Command but is attached to the Canadian 4th battalion 

 

 On Boxing Day, 1904, a letter appeared in major London newspapers calling for men who had experience of work or action abroad to come together for comradeship and service to the State in times of need. The scope was later extended to women as well and the Legion has served widely and well for over ninety years and included many who made the ultimate sacrifice. The letter came from adventurer and author Roger Pocock who had seen service in the South African War and in Canada with the North-West Mounted Police. Only in his fortieth year, he had seen enough adventure to fill several lives. He held the long-distance horse-riding record, for at the turn of the century he had ridden unarmed from Fort MacLeod in Canada to Mexico crossing the great American deserts. He had even ridden up to the outlaws' stronghold to interview Butch Cassidy and his fellow outlaws for a London newspaper. Cassidy had been so amazed by this unarmed Englishman that he had agreed to an interview. The 1904 letter soon attracted others of a similar adventurous spirit to Pocock and the Legion was born. Before long it was represented throughout the four corners of the earth.

 

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