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Oct. 26, 1959 - General Sir Richard Gale to open Pegasus village: General Sir Richard Gale, who commanded the 6th. Airborne Division in the Normandy Landings, is on Saturday to declare officially open, Pegasus Village, outside Aldershot where members of the Parachute Regiment of which General Gale is Colonel Commandant are buying caravans by installments from the Army to overcome the shortage of married quarters. More than 20 families are already living in the village which takes its name from the mythological winged horse adopted by the Airborne Forces as their emblem. Photo shows view of the nursery which has been made in one of the Nissen huts at Pegasus Village pictured today
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