The 3rd Parachute Brigade was deployed to the Lydda district with responsibility for Tel-Aviv and Jaffa. The division was actively involved in peacekeeping and supporting the civil power. On 22 September 1946, Thomas Mcinnes of Liverpool aged 20 a junior NCO from the 224th was one of the forty men from the division killed in Palestine. In 1947, the unit was renumbered the 16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance, taking the number of the original parachute medical formation, which had been disbanded in 1945. Order for the disbandment of the 6th Airborne Division were issued and on 7 April 1948, the 16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance left Palestine for England, where they were re-rolled, becoming a standard field ambulance formation. Notes Footnotes Citations References Military units and formations established in 1942 Military units and formations disestablished in 1948 Airborne units of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1942 establishments in the United Kingdom 1948 disestablishments in the United Kingdom