News: BBC Reports Battle At Catthorpe Interchange

28th November 1988: BBC News reported news of a "major battle" between rebel Guards forces and loyalist troops from the Parachute Regiment in the area around the Catthorpe Interchange where the M6 motorway joins the M1.

The battle lasted most of the day before the Paratroops withdrew having inflicted heavy casualties on the Guards. Prime Minister Cranwell praised the "loyalty and honour of the Parachute Regiment in fighting for the maintenance of democracy in England".
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  1. APJ24 May 2010 at 23:51

    So Territorial Army is worse then Guards, who in turn are worse than the Parachute Regiment ?
    Excuse my severe lack of modern British army units :(

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  2. Tim Gow25 May 2010 at 08:14

    In my experience of the motorway junction in question this counts as a fairly quiet day!

    Tim

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  3. John Lambshead25 May 2010 at 09:48

    How did they get through the traffic to have a battle?

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  4. Mark25 May 2010 at 10:16

    Mag-bloody-nificent blog mate!

    Love it! Absolutely love it! Have the perfect excuse now to buy the Britannia 20mm 1980's Brits, FV432's etc

    Cheers
    Mark

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  5. APJ25 May 2010 at 10:42

    Mark and you were supposed to be our 15mm champion... :D

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  6. Unknown28 May 2010 at 14:50

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