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6th. Airborne Division

Divisional Troops
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398th. Airborne Composite Company - Royal Army Service Corps
6th. Airborne Division Provost Company - Corps of Military Police
716th. Airborne Light Composite Company - Royal Army Service Corps
6th. Airborne Division Field Park Company - Royal Army Service Corps
317th. Airborne Field Security Section - Intelligence Corps
6th. Airborne Division Workshops - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
10th. Air Landing Light Aid Detachment - Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
11th. Air Landing Light Aid Detachment - Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
12th. Air Landing Light Aid Detachment - Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers


398th. Airborne Composite Company - Royal Army Service Corps
Page Index

Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
LCpl
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr

BALL Robert W.
ELLAMS Leonard J.
FORD Harold
FLETT James O.
PARKER Frederick W.
SMURTHWAITE William T.I.
EDDINGTON Bruce M.
APPLETON Roy. J.
MASON John C.
ORTON James W.

08-02-44
08-02-44
08-02-44
22-04-44
06-06-44
06-06-44
07-06-44
13-06-44
13-06-44
13-06-44

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Southport (Duke St) Cem
Helsby (St Paul) Chyd
Chingford Mount Cem
Orphir Parish Chyd Orkney
N.K.G. Bayeux
N.K.G. Bayeux
N.K.G. Bayeux
Ranville 3A-J-5
Ranville 3A-K-5
Ranville 1A-E-6

Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Pte
Dvr
LCpl
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr

SPROSON John
VAUGHAN William H.T.
WELLS James
HARVEY Robert J.
HECKFORD Ernest V.
WARING John
COOK Victor D.
HAMMOND Frank L.
WELDON Ernest

13-06-44
13-06-44
13-06-44
21-06-44
20-09-44
20-09-44
02-04-45
17-03-46
10-04-46

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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Ranville 3A-M-5
Ranville 1A-E-1
Ranville 3A-L-5
Ranville 2A-D-6
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Groesbeek Cdn 12-C-9/12
Reichswald Forest 58-J-13
Ramleh 7-F-4
Ramleh 7-F-13


6th. Airborne Division Provost Company - Corps of Military Police
Page Index

Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
LCpl l
LCpl
LCpl
LCpl
Cpl
Sgt
LCpl
LCpl
Cpl
Lieut

MacPHEDRAN Kenneth M.
CRISP Charles S.
NIMO Thomas B.
DAVIES Sidney A.
HENDERSON Thomas J.
SCOTT Austin R.
BUNTING Clarence G.
DRUMMOND Archbald
BRODRICK Douglas H.
MONK John D.

22-12-43
17-04-44
06-06-44
07-06-44
07-06-44
08-06-44
09-06-44
20-07-44
24-03-45
24-03-45

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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(PARA)

Glassary (Achnabrear) Cem Argyl
Leicester (Saffron Hill) Cem
Branville Chyd
Ranville 4A-O-20
Ranville Chyd 20
Ranville 1A-E-18
Ranville 1A-D-12
La Delivrande 6-A-8
Reichswald Forest 41-E-6
Reichswald Forest 41-E-7

LCpl
LCpl
LCpl
LCpl
LCpl
LCpl
LCpl
LCpl
LCpl

NEWALL Rupert O.
WARBURTON James
DRIVER Francis H.T.
O'GILVIE Robert G.
BOND Frederick H.J.
WHEATLEY Gerard A.
DIXON Alan C.
COUTTS David
BARTON Ronald

24-03-45
24-03-45
09-08-45
01-03-47
02-03-47
21-08-47
30-10-47
31-10-47
09-12-47

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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Reichswald Forest 42-E-8
Reichswald Forest 41-E-8
St Pancras Finchley Cem
Khayat Beach D-A-8
Khayat Beach D-A-6
Khayat Beach D-G-4
Khayat Beach D-H-13
Khayat Beach D-H-15
Khayat Beach F-A-12


716th. A|irborne Light Composite Company - Royal Army Service Corps
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Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
Dvr
Dvr
Pte
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Lieut
Dvr
Cpl
Dvr

LOMAS David H.
CANNING Walter
FIELDER Robert E.
HARPER Ivor R.
HOSEGOOD Benjamin S.
LUNN John W.
SILVERT Philip
RIPO Francisco
CRAWFORD Frank J.
McKEE John E.

14-01-44
06-06-44
06-06-44
06-06-44
06-06-44
06-06-44
06-06-44
06-06-44
07-06-44
07-06-44

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Tottenham Wood Green Cem
Ranville 2A-H-1
Ranville 4A-C-6
Ranville 5A-E-3
N.K.G. Bayeux
Ranville 9-A-34
Ranville 1A-A-18
N.K.G. Bayeux
Bayeux 11-C-1
Bayeux 10-L-2

Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Capt
LCpl
LCpl
LCpl
Dvr
Dvr
Cpl

COATES Douglas W.S.
CURTIS Stephen
DOCHERTY Charles
BLAND Frederick J.
SPARK Reginald L.
FITZPATRICK Leonard
McGRATH James
MARTIN George F.
SMITH Francis
WILSON John S.

08-06-44
10-06-44
10-06-44
22-06-44 (MC)
22-06-44
23-06-44
23-06-44
06-07-44
06-07-44
07-07-44

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Herouvillette New Comm Cem 6
Ranville 1A-J-14
Hermanville 1-E-16
Ranville 2A-C-6
Ranville 2A-B-6
Ranville 2A-C-1
Ranville 2-K-1
Ranville 3A-H-3
Ranville 3A-K-3
Ranville 3A-J-3

Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Capt
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Dvr
Pte

GALLACHER Patrick
ALLEN Derek A.
BAKER Harry
ROBERTS Arthur E.
PICKERING Arthur
MORRIS Edward J.R.
COLES Victor S.
BROWN Ernest
BREEZE William R.
KELVEY Daniel

05-01-45
24-03-45
24-03-45
24-03-45 (MBE)
24-03-45
25-03-45
27-03-45
05-05-45
13-05-45
10-03-46

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Leopoldsburg 8-C-4
Reichswald Forest 41-D-8
Venray 8-E-5
Reichswald Forest 32-D-3
N.K.G. Groesbeek
Reichswald Forest 62-K-9
Reichswald Forest 32-D-1
Windhill Methodist Shipley Cem
Berlin 10-H-16
Ramleh 7-F-2

Dvr

JENKINS J.

13-10-46

-

Ramleh 9-B-8


6th. Airborne Division Field Park Company - Royal Army Service Corps
Page Index

Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
Maj

McEWEN Peter

24-03-45

-

Reichswald Forest 38-F-7


317th. Airborne Field Security Section - Intelligence Corps
Page Index

Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
Cpl

DUNSBY John H.

24-10-46

-

Ramleh 9-B-16


6th. Airborne Division Workshop - Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
Page Index

Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
Cfn
Cfn
Cfn
Cpl
LCpl
Pte
Cfn
Cpl

JACOBS Alfred G.
THOUMINE Thomas A.
STASULEVICH George E.
HALL Henry C.
COCHRANE Robert V.
HODSON Cyril T
WOOD William M.
SMALE E.E.

06-06-44
10-06-44
19-06-44
20-06-44
12-08-44
30-12-45
20-12-46
28-05-47

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-
-
-
-
-
-
-

N.K.G. Bayeux
Ranville 1A-C-12
Ranville 2A-H-6
Ranville 1A-K-13
Ranville 1A-J-4
Tel-el-Kebir 6-N-9
Ramleh 9-D-11
Khayat Beach D-D-7


10th. Air Landing Light Aid Detachment - Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
Page Index

Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
Cfn

BARNARD Julian R.

25-06-44

-

La-Delivrande 5-G-5


11th. Air Landing Light Aid Detachment - Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
Page Index

Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
Cfn
Cpl
Cfn

CHOATE John D.
HODGE Leslie E.
KELLY Bernard

24-03-45
24-03-45
24-03-45

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-
-

Reichswald Forest 42-B-7
Reichswald Forest 42-E-5
Reichswald Forest 42-E-9


12th. Air Landing Light Aid Detachment - Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
Page Index

Rank Name Date of Death Unit Location of Grave or Memorial
Cfn
WO1
-
-
-
Cfn

HALLIDAY Arthur R.
PIRKIS Stanley H.B.
(Armt SM) Attd 53
Airlanding Light Regiment
Royal Artillery

SLAUGHTER Tom D.F.

12-08-44
12-08-44
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-
-
12-08-44

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-
-
-
-
-

Ranville 4A-E-12
Ranville 1A-K-4
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-
-
Ranville 4A-B-21

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