In decembri 1942 is summoned to the Royal obrneným zbrom and nasledovného of sa reporting as a volunteer to Parašutistickému regiment.
To parašutistom is prevelený in októbri 1943 and kvalifikáciu ako parachutist získava in kurz 92 on RAF Ringway in a time of 17.11.-3.12.1943.
Subsequently it is pridelený to 8. parašutistickému battalion and with him sa participates in invázie to Normandy and vo včastných the early hours of the morning 6.6.1944 zoskakuje on DZ-K, near Touffreville. England was one of approximately 150 mužov of the battalion ktorí operated in the Bois de Bavent.
Colonel. Pearson commissioned Englandam to nadviazal contact with common, who based his predpokladov would sa mala nachádzať in Troarn. However, the precondition was false and the municipality bola obsadená Nemcami and England was captured during his moving.
During this time sa sústavne pokúšal on the weft however, been trying unsuccessfully to 5.7.1944 sa he succeeded together with colonel. Richardsonom escaped from the train ktorý ich prepravoval to Paris and 6.8.1944 get to the allied forces. His attempts to weft ako aj successful weft boli neskoršie ocenené MBE.
England slúžil ako poverený adjutant and neskôr ako spravodajský dôstojník.
Participating in the sa operácie Varsity, prekročenia the Rhine 24.3.1945 aboard klzáku Horsa along with the colonel. Hewetson, ktorý vo command vystriedal Pearson. Klzák crashes in the woods near the zone prostátia around 11,00 England is killed and Hewetson injured.
John England padol 24.3.1945 and is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
zlava doprava - Lt RG Ellen (Commander of No 7 Platoon in C Coy), Major George Hewetson (C Coy Commander; od 1944 velitel praporu), Lt CW Brown (Commander of No 9 Platoon C Coy), England, Capt. Richard Fry
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