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1st. Airborne Division

Divisional Troops
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253rd. Airborne Division Composite Company - Royal Army Service Corps
1st. Airborne Division Ordnance Field Park - Royal Army Ordnance Corps
1st. Airborne Division Workshop - Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
89th. Parachute Security Section - Intelligence Corps
1st. Airborne Division Provost Company - Corps of Military Police


253rd. Airborne Division Composite Company - Royal Army Service Corps
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Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
Cpl
Dvr
Pte
Pte
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Cpl
Dvr
Dvr

LCpl
Dvr
LCpl
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Pte
Dvr

Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
LCpl
Dvr
LCpl
Dvr
Dvr
Cpl

BARKER Alfred E.
BREADING Denis
CADLE George C.
COURTNEY James
ENDERBY Norman
HOLDSWORTH Francis C.
TAYLOR Frederick
FOWLER George A.
HADLEY John T.
LEECH Joseph F.

REXSTREW Frederick
ABBOTT Albert E.
CALDECOTT Leslie H.
CHURCHYARD Sydney L.
GREGORY Harold
JOHNSTON James F.
NOBLE Ernest
PARKER Colin
THOMPSON William G.
JONES George E.

CROSSLEY William T.
HAYTON Robert W.
LIGHTWOOD Cyril W.
REARDON Gerard
SHORE Reginald
SIMPSON Francis W.R.
WALLACE Charles
THOMPSON James M.
ROSE James B.

18-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
20-09-44
20-09-44
20-09-44

20-09-44
21-09-44
21-09-44
21-09-44
21-09-44
21-09-44
21-09-44
21-09-44
21-09-44
22-09-44

23-09-44
23-09-44
23-09-44
23/24-09-44
23-09-44
23-09-44
18-11-44
25-05-45
30-05-45

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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Roosendaal-en-Nispen 3-1
Oosterbeek 22-B-8
Mierlo 6-E-12
Mierlo 6-E-11
N.K.G. Groesbeek
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 22-B-7
Jonkerbos 20-H-8
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 29-C-1

Oosterbeek 29-C-8
Groesbeek Cdn 22-F-2
Oosterbeek 18-B-11
Oosterbeek 27-C-8
Oosterbeek 18-B-7
Jonkerbos 20-J-8
Oosterbeek 18-B-9/10
Oosterbeek 18-B-9/10
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Jonkerbos 19-H-5

N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 15-A-5
Heteren General Cem 2A-13A
Oosterbeek 16-A-3
Oosterbeek 31-A-1
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Eastham (Marlow Rd) Jewish Cem
Stranraer (Glebe) Cem
Ilkley Cem


1st. Airborne Division Ordnance Field Park - Royal Army Ordnance Corps
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Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
SSgt
Cpl
Cpl
Maj

THURGOOD Leonard
GRANTHAM Frederick W.
ANDREWS Kenneth C.W.
JONES Harold

01-09-44
25-09-44
25/26-09-44
16-08-45

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Brentwood (Woodman Rd) Cem
Oosterbeek 1-A-2
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oslo 1-C-20


1st. Airborne Division Workshop - Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
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Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
Cfn
Cfn
Cfn
Cpl
Cfn

WARE Cecil W.
GIBB Alexander
HARVEY Vincent J.
MURPHY James W.
BREWSTER Ivor J.

18-09-44
20-09-44
21-09-44
25/26-09-44
16-01-45

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-
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-

Oosterbeek 15-A-13
Oosterbeek 21-B-19
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 16-A-1
Oosterbeek 18-C-12


89th. Parachute Security Section - Intelligence Corps
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Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
Cpl
Cpl

MAYBURY Arthur
SCARR Philip D.

17-09-44
27-09-44

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Oosterbeek 25-A-4
Jonkerbos 10-E-8


1st. Airborne Division Provost Company - Corps of Military Police
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Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
LCpl
LCpl
2/Lieut
LCpl
LCpl
Sgt
Sgt
Lieut
LCpl
LCpl

Capt

LAMB Robert
McBRIDE William G.
WOOD Victor W.
COOKE Thomas
HOOKWAY Ernest J.
CALLAWAY Henry L.
ROBERTS Austin
FALCK Rudolph J.
JONES Peter W.
NEWBY John T.F.

GRAY William B.

08-09-43
21-12-43
21-12-43
22-12-43
18-09-44
19/21-09-44
22/23-09-44
26-09-44
26/27-09-44
26-09-44

29-09-44

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(Cheshire Regt)
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(Parachute Regt)
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(Kings Regt)

Enfidaville 6-C-27
Sangro River 10-C-21
Sangro River 10-C-22
Sangro River 11-A-6
Oosterbeek 1-B-5
Oosterbeek 30-A-2
Oosterbeek 16-C-17
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 19-C-13
Oosterbeek 6-C-1

Oosterbeek 24-A-2

"Lest We Forget"


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