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In 1954 22 Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment required a replacement fighting squadron for deployment during the Malaya Emergency.The Parachute Regt was invited to provide personnel - around 80 officers and other ranks were selected from a large number of volunteers to form the Independent Parachute Squadron under the command of Major Edgar Walter Dudley Coventry (ex-No.5 Commando) then serving in 1 Para.
The newly formed Indep Para Sqn consisted of HQ Troop and four Sabre (fighting) Troops, of 14 soldiers, sub-divided into 3 Patrols.
In this photo Major Dudley Coventry can be seen standing, bare chested, at the far right of picture.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:30:55 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/45180-2/EWD+Coventry_Malaya.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/5/dudley_coventry/EWD+Coventry_Malaya.jpg.html