THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES MEMORIAL GROVE IS SITUATED WITHIN THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM BY THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TAME
 THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES ROLL OF  HONOUR

1st. Airborne Division

1st. Parachute Brigade

3rd. Battalion The Parachute Regiment
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Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
Pte
Lieut
Capt
LCpl
Pte
Pte
Cpl
LSgt
Sgt
Pte

Pte
Sgt
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
LSgt
Pte
Cpl
Lieut

Lieut
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
LSgt
Pte
Maj
Pte
Pte

WOII
Pte
Pte
Cpl
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte

Pte
Pte
Pte
Sgt
Lt-Col
Capt
Pte
Lieut
Pte
Maj

Pte
Pte
Pte
LCpl
Cpl
Sgt
Sgt
Capt
Sgt
Sgt

Pte
Cpl
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Lieut
Pte
Pte

Pte
Pte
Pte
Sgt
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Pte
Capt
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Pte
Pte
-
Lieut

O'REILLY George H.
BROWN Alan G.D.
WHITAKER Charles F.
BAMSEY William E.
BENSTEAD James W.
CHENNELL Sidney A.
COPE Benjamin H.
GRAHAM Thomas E.
HILDYARD-TODD William
MATTHEWS Gordon

WARD William
WILSON Donald F.
AYRES George
BALL Lloyd P.
DECKER Alfred W.
DOWNS Leonard
EVANS Arthur C.
FERN William
HAMPTON Joseph
HIBBURT Peter L.

HILL Gordon T.
HOEFLING Howard E.W.
HOPWOOD Frederick W.
KEARNS Bernard P.
RHODES Harry
SHARP Henry R.
TATNELL Albert W.
WADDY Alexander P.H.
YATES Walter H.
COLLINS Kevin

ALLEN Reginald
ATKINSON William
BOWLER George F.
BRYNING William T.M.
CHAMPION Eric
GREEN John
HASLAM James
LUCENA Mavesyn R.
PALMER Desmond J.J.
PETTIT Billy

SMITH William
STOTT Harry
WELSH Patrick W.
PERRYMAN Dennis W.R.
FITCH John A.C.
BLUNDELL George M.
BURROWS Cyril
FRASER William A.
HOPE James W.
HOUSTON James I.

RICHE Edward M.
Pte RUSSELL George W.
SMITH Rowland T.
STANLEY Walter H.
SUMMERFIELD Robert H.
WHITE Michael
DAVIES David J.
DORRIEN-SMITH Geofrey R.
SMITH George L.
BLAKELEY Ivor

HITCHEN Albert
WHITEHEAD Harold
FELTON Albert
HOLDING Donald
NEWMAN Albert H.
BECKETT Thomas L.
WRIGHT Gordon J.G.
BUSSELL Raymond M.
CLARK Herbert G.A.
McDOUGALL John

PLEAVIN Thomas
MATTHEWS Hugh C.
GREEN Kenneth A.
BRYANT Arthur H.T.
ROLFE Colin
WILLIAMS Gordon A.
WILLIAMS Albert E.
COSGROVE John
CARTER Leslie
HATTRELL John P.R.
(Suffolk Regt. attd.)

SWALES H.P.
CURTIS Maurice H.
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ELLIOTT Alexander M.

04-09-43
30-10-43
11-09-44
17-09-44
17-09-44
17-09-44
17-09-44
17-09-44
17-09-44
17-09-44

17-09-44
17-09-44 (MM)
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44

18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18-09-44
18/25-09-44

19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44

19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19-09-44
19/25-09-44
20-09-44
20-09-44
20-09-44
20-09-44
20-09-44

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

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24-09-44
25-09-44
25-09-44
25-09-44
26-09-44
26-09-44
10-10-44
11-10-44
20-11-44

08-01-45
21-01-45
17-03-45
27-04-45
15-07-45
25-08-45
08-06-46
11-10-46
17-12-46
24-03-47
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04-10-47
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07-10-47

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Enfidaville 2-E-11
Sangro River 5-B-7
Milan 6-C-5/6
Oosterbeek 19-C-1
Oosterbeek 6-D-17
Oosterbeek 21-B-11
Oosterbeek 1-B-8
N.K.G. Groesbeek
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 19-B-18

Oosterbeek 26-B-18
Oosterbeek 5-A-13
N.K.G. Groesbeek
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 19-B-2
Oosterbeek 19-C-18
Oosterbeek 15-C-13
Oosterbeek 20-C-13
N.K.G. Groesbeek
N.K.G. Groesbeek

Oosterbeek 19-B-3
Oosterbeek 20-A-19
Oosterbeek 22-B-12
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 19-A-12
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 19-A-8
Oosterbeek 27-C-4
Oosterbeek 5-D-13
Oosterbeek 3-D-15

Oosterbeek 22-B-11
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 19-A-4
Oosterbeek 30-A-8
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 26-A-9
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 20-A-11
Oosterbeek 15-B-5
N.K.G. Groesbeek

Oosterbeek 19-A-2
Oosterbeek 20-A-5
Oosterbeek 1-A-18
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 20-B-20
Oosterbeek 27-B-7
Oosterbeek 20-A-10
Oosterbeek 17-A-9
Oosterbeek 32-A-4
N.K.G. Groesbeek

N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 22-A-13
Oosterbeek 2-B-17
N.K.G. Groesbeek
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Oosterbeek 20-B-18
Oosterbeek 17-A-10
Oosterbeek 6-A-10
N.K.G. Groesbeek
N.K.G. Groesbeek

Oosterbeek 24-B-10
Oosterbeek 6-A-19
N.K.G. Groesbeek
N.K.G. Groesbeek
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Tull-en't-Waal Prot Cem J/G 16
Wijk-bij-Duurstede Gen Cem Plot 4.19
Vorden Gen Cem 16
Manor Park Cem East Ham London
N.K.G. Groesbeek

Berlin 10-Z-9
Berlin 7-L-17
Durnbach 3-D-7
Melton Mowbray (Thorpe Rd) Cem
Sheffield (Ciry Rd) Cem
Rhyl (Town) Cem
Ramleh 9-D-9
Ramleh 9-B-9
Ramleh 7-H-4
Khayat Beach D-B-7
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Khayat Beach D-G-18
Harrietsham (St John Baptist)
Chyd Kent
Khayat Beach D-H-5

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"Lest We Forget"


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