Search is on to find Paisley's Paras - the elite fighting men of the Parachute Regiment

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A Falklands combat veteran remembering 40 years since the war plans to write a book on Paisley’s Paras.Major Tam Noble was a fighting man with the Parachute Regiment himself and had left Paisley to see the wide world.He was a young corporal among an elite band of young men who took a key peak on the islands after being thrust into war from the front of a landing craft.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here.His bravery capturing Mount Longdon with 3Para earned him a Mention in Despatches for Gallant Service.In June, he will travel to the former Para stronghold of Aldershot, where he is on the committee arranging the 40th anniversary of the deadly conflict with the Argentines.Dad-of-three Tam, now 62, retired from the Battalion in 2006 after a tour-studded 31 years.His new mission is to shine a light on Paisley and promote its heroes with the maroon beret who fought for Queen and country is various conflicts and secret operations.Tam revealed: “My initial research has uncovered 12 Paras from Paisley, including myself.“But I think there is more and I am keen to find them with the help of the Paisley Daily Express.“Their stories will be told in the book, which I hope to get published next year.”The Paras are the British Army’s elite airborne infantry, despatched to hotspots all over the world.Major Tam revealed one of his old comrades James ‘Ned’ Kelly, who was from Paisley, has recently died.He said: “Ned was an inspiration, a tough, hard soldier.

Paisley was very good at producing these.“Other names who have been coming out the woodwork, like Crawford, Robertson, Brown and Baillie.“I just want these Paisley guys to tell their own stories.”When Tam won his commission as an