Memorial Wall
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SADLY LEAVE US AS TIME GOES BY.......
Ray Whitwell
Headquarters, RASC at 1st Airborne Division HQ
20/11/2024 aged 105
William 'Bill' Carter
6 Platoon, S Company, 1st Parachute Battalion
17/9/2024 aged 100
Ernie Allen
1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
19/7/2024 aged 100
John Tubb
1st Battalion The Border Regiment
6/7/2024 aged 98
Harry Rawlins
Kings Royal Rifles Corps
10/6/2024 aged 98
John Humphreys OBE DL
1st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers
18/3/2024 aged 102
Ron Johnson
E Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
16/11/2023 aged 102
Bill Williams
4 Platoon, B Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion
24/10/2023 aged 98
Alec Hall
181 Airlanding Field Ambulance
16/10/2023 aged 101
Denzil Cooper
B Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
4/8/2023 aged 102
Arnold Jackson
181 Air Landing Field Ambulance
7/8/2023 aged 101
Roy Smith
4th Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment
23/6/2023 aged 97
Frank Ashleigh
A Squadron, 2 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment
18/6/2023 aged 98
Thomas Brewin
MMG Platoon, S Company, 2nd Bn The South Staffordshire Regiment
2/2/2023 aged 97
Lech Ziołowski
HQ Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade
3/1/2023 aged 101
John Crosson
6 Platoon, B Company, 7th (Galloway) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers
6/12/2022
John Bosley
Battalion HQ, 11th Parachute Battalion
03/10/22 aged 97
Herbert 'Bert' Turner
196 Squadron RAF
04/08/22 aged 98
Douglas Coxell
Flight Lieutenant, 297 Squadron RAF
10/03/22 aged 100
Richard 'Dick' Ford
Second Lieutenant, 310 Squadron, 315th Troop Carrier Group, USAAF
25/02/22 aged 99
Kazimierz Szmid
Lieutenant 1st Battalion, 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade
28/05/22 aged 97
Clifford 'Cliff' Hales
J Section, 1st Airborne Divisional Signals, Brigade HQ
14/01/2022 aged 98
Tadeusz Cisek
Mortar Platoon, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade
08/12/2021 aged 98
Anthony 'Tony' Myles Coombs
D Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
October 2021 aged 97
Wilf Oldham MBE
12 Platoon, B Company, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
27/11/2021 aged 101
Joe McAllister
A Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion
12/11/2021 aged 97
Victor Gregg
10th Parachute Battalion
12/10/2021 aged 101
Sam Kendrick
HQ Company, 1st Parachute Battalion
10/10/2021 aged 96
Bernard Renard
B Squadron, 3 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment
18/09/2021 aged 95
Aldo Antonio 'Tony' Orsi
E Squadron, 25 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment
August 2021 aged 99
Bernard Osborn
B Squadron, 19 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment
18/05/2021 aged 97
Luis Di Marco
HQ Company, 1st Parachute Battalion
05/05/2021 aged 98
Ludwick Oleszczuk
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
12/04/2021 aged 97
Franciszek Szyk
3rd Battalion, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
07/02/2021 aged 98
Robert 'Bobby' Hodgson
4th Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers
12/04/2021 aged 106
Les Fuller
HQ Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion
08/04/2021 aged 99
Les Ransom
3 (E) Platoon, 250th (airborne) Light Composite Company, RASC
08/02/2021 aged 98
Jim Hooper
20 Flight, B Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
11/02/2021 aged 98
Leslie O'Neil
H Troop, 2nd (Oban) Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA
27/01/2021 aged 96
Tom Hicks
1st Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers
24/01/2021 aged 101
Ken Washer
D Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
17/01/2021 aged 97
Sir Brian Urquhart KCMG MBE
1st (British) Airborne Corps
02/01/2021 aged 101
Dennis Crockett
D Company, 7 Kings Own Scottish Borderers
05/01/2021 aged 99
Stan Derbyshire
Headquarters Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion
27/10/2020 aged 96
Herman van de Kaa
Dutch Resistance, Ede
20/12/2020 aged 94
Tom Welsh
Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
December 2020 aged 94
Bill Eames B.E.M.
570 Squadron, Royal Air Force
16/11/2020 aged 97
Martin Maxwell
4 Flight, B Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
03/12/2020 aged 96
Laurie Weedon
14 Flight, F Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment.
14/11/2020 aged 98
Konstanty Staszkiewicz
3rd Battalion, 1st Polish (Independent) Parachute Brigade
28/10/2020 aged 95
John Waddy
156 Parachute Battalion
27/09/2020 aged 100
John Jeffries
Royal Corps of Signals attached to the 4th Parachute Brigade
30/08/2020 aged 98
Sid Sallis
63 Air Despatch Company RASC
10/09/2020 aged 96
Freddie Deane
10th Parachute Battalion
30/07/2020 aged 95
Eric Richards
4th Parachute Sqn Royal Engineers
21/07/2020 aged 94
John Watson
21st Independent Parachute Company
30/06/2020 aged 100
Jeff Noble
156 Parachute Battalion
04/06/2020 aged 96
William Millington
156 Parachute Battalion
27/05/2020 aged 95
Sandy Cortmann
3rd Parachute Battalion
23/05/2020 aged 97
Sydney Hulls
1st FOU RA
21/05/2020 aged 96
Stanislaw Bajkowski
1st Polish Parachute Battalion
23/04/2020 aged 94
Lawrence Martin
Royal Signals
29/03/2020 aged 96
Mike Brown
Glider Pilot Regiment
22/03/2020 aged 96
Archie Lyon
Glider Pilot Regiment
2019 aged 97
Lloyd Bentley
48 Sqn RAF
10/02/2020 aged 98
Charles Bryce
Glider Pilot Regiment
30/01/2020 aged 96
Bruce Cox
3rd Parachute Battalion
30/01/2020 aged 95
John Bonome
Glider Pilot Regiment
21/01/2020 aged 96
Ralph Norbury
Glider Pilot Regiment
15/01/2020 aged 100
Basil Reading
21st Independent Parachute Company
10/01/2020 aged 94
Jozef Wojciechowski
2nd Polish Parachute Battalion
08/01/2020 aged 97
Joe Mawdsley
1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
05/11/2019 aged 94
David Rennie
10th Parachute Battalion
20/10/2019 aged 94
Edward Maston
156 Parachute Battalion
belated entry October 2018 aged 93
Allan Herbert
2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
belated entry 18/06/1991 aged 69
Richard Long
Glider Pilot Regiment
15/12/2019 aged 98
Frank Peacock
4th Parachute Squadron, RE
June 2019 aged 97
Bob Quayle
1st Parachute Battalion
19/07/2019 aged 97
John Bellamy
16 Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC
05/05/2019 aged 100
Tim Shea
1st Parachute Battalion
August 2019 aged 104
Jack Reynolds
2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
22/08/2019 aged 97
Frank Knee
REME attached 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
30/10/2018 aged 97
Peter Faithorne
21st Independent Parachute Company
19/11/2018 aged 96
Walter Bentley
570 Sqn RAF
27/11/2018 aged 97
Harry Linguard
1st Airlanding Light Regiment, RA
November 2018 aged 96
Arthur Brice
'D' Company, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
Number 568192
21/12/2018 aged 96
Dennis Cutting
250 Company, RASC
December 2018 aged 95
Stephen Jackson
11th Parachute Battalion
06/01/2019 aged 98
Charles Murray
7th Battalion, KOSB belated entry
sometime in 2018
Pawel Prychidko
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
07/01/2019 aged 95
Ken Mead
Glider Pilot Regiment
17/12/2018 aged 95
Iris Young
Widow 20/12/2018
George Barton
7th Battalion, KOSB
05/03/2019 aged 99
David Dobson
7th Battalion, KOSB belated entry
21/08/2019 aged 94
Steve Morgan
2nd Parachute Battalion
20/3/2019 aged 93
Jack Baker
1st Parachute Battalion
01/04/2019 aged 95
Wally Smith
4th Battalion, Dorset Regiment
10/04/2019 aged 95
Tom Abbott
1st Para Brigade Signals J Section
16/04/2019 aged 95
David Parker
7th Battalion, KOSB
01/014/2019 aged 94
John Cowhey
2nd Parachute Battalion
28/4/2019 aged 95
Ronald Gibbs
1st Airlanding Light Regiment, RA
03/05/2019 aged 95
Tom Bowden
Royal Signals attached 156 Parachute Battalion
10/06/2019 aged 97
Peter Faithorn
21st Independent Parachute Company, 3 Platoon
19/11/2018 aged 96
Frank Knee
REME attached 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
30/10/2018 aged 97
Stanislaw Opalacz
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
24/07/2018 aged 93
Des Page
2 Wing, E Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment
15/05/2018 aged 94
Peter Clarke
1 Wing, G Squadron, 10 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment
03/04/18 aged 96
William Parker
Royal Signals attached 4th Parachute Brigade
March 2018 aged 97
Ronald Miles
1st Airborne Reconnaissance Sqn, C Troop
07/03/2018 aged 94
Alec James
1 Wing, G Squadron, 24 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment
12/02/18 aged 95
Fred Jordan
Mortar Platoon, 11th Parachute Battalion
18/01/2018 aged 98
Edwin Cramp
2 Platoon, 21st Independent Parachute Company
09/01/18 aged 91
Edward (Ted) Short
2 Platoon, A Company, 11th Parachute Battalion
08/01/18 aged 97
Wladyslaw Lenc
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
05/01/2018 aged 94
Alan Hartley
Ground crew, 271 Squadron RAF, Down Ampney
25/12/17 aged 93
Antoni Snarski
3rd Battalion, 9 Company, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
21/12/17 aged 96
Mike Hall
2 Wing, F Squadron, 14 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment
15/12/17 aged 97
Peter Stainforth
B Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron, RE
13/12/17 aged 96
William Gilder
Medium Machine Gun Platoon, HQ Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion,
13/12/17
Norman (Hugh) Ashmore
3 Platoon, 21st Independent Parachute Company
10/11/17 aged 94
David Whiteman
181 A/L Field Ambulance attached 1st A/L Light Regt RA, RAMC
09/11/17 aged 98
John (Jack) (Griff) Griffiths
1 Wing, A Sqn, 17 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment
05/11/17 aged 95
Lewis Golden
Royal Signals - Divisional Signals detachment
27/10/17 aged 94
John (Jack) Burrow
2 Wing, F Sqn, 16 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment
19/10/17
Czeslaw Smyk
3rd Battalion, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
06/09/2017 aged 97
Arthur Letchford
Mortar Platoon, 2nd Parachute Battalion
06/09/2017 aged 93
Michael (Mike) Dauncey
1 Wing, G Sqn, 9 Flight Glider Pilot Regiment
23/08/17 aged 97
Kenneth (Ken) Anderton
1 Wing, D Sqn, 21 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment
22/08/2017 aged 98
William Mason
Mortar Platoon, 2nd Parachute Battalion
22/08/2017 aged 94
Thomas Northgraves (Tommy)
19 Platoon, D Company, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
August 2017 aged 98
Victor Hubbard
1st A/L Anti-Tank Tank Battey, RA
05/08/17 aged 98
John (Jack) Wilde
10 Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
09/07/17 aged 91
Harry Cund
13 Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
09/07/17
Shamus Miles
2nd A/L Anti-Tank Battery, RA
03/07/17 aged 93
Neville Griffin (Bill)
Headquarters 1st Airborne Division
02/07/17 aged 93
Frederick (Fred) Weatherley
Company HQ, 21st Independent Parachute Company
25/04/17 aged 95
Kenneth Whitaker
2 Wing, E Sqn, Glider Pilot Regiment
14/04/17 aged 96
Tom Smith
3rd Parachute Battalion
10/04/17
Geoffrey Thompson
1 Wing, D Sqn, Glider Pilot Regiment
27/02/17 aged 97
Dennis (Teddy) Norris
1 Wing, G Sqn, Glider Pilot Regiment
14/02/17 aged 97
Frederick Winser
1st A/L Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
13/02/2017 aged 93
Leslie "Les" McCreesh
Assault/Anti-Tank Platoon, HQ Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion
09/02/17 aged 95
Alfons Mackowiak "Alan Mack"
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
31/01/17 aged 100
John Wilkinson
3 Platoon, A Company, 156th Parachute Battalion
24/01/17 aged 96
(information via Pegasus Archive)
Peter W Wilkinson
1st A/L Light Regt, RA
20/01/17 aged 94
Reginald "Reg" Wright
17 Platoon, D Company, 10th Parachute Battalion
17/01/17 aged 99
Edward (Alec/Ted) Ralph
1 Wing, A Sqn, 17 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment
17/01/17 aged 93
Walter Cain
25 A/T Platoon, Support Company, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
14/01/17 aged 94
Ted Brown
1st Parachute Battalion. Seaborne Tail
31/12/2016
Jim Duplock
11th Parachute Battalion
10/12/16 aged 96
Roy Palmer
1st Airborne Reconnaissance Sqn.
10/12/16 aged 95
Leo Hall
E Troop, 3rd Bty, 1st A/L Light Regiment, RA
05/12/16 aged 95
Gordon Harding
5 Platoon, C Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion
03/12/16 aged 94
James Hall
1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, HQ Company, Signals Platoon attached A Company
29/11/16 aged 91
Arthur Armour
Divisional Signals, C Section (Lines)
15/11/16 aged 96
Harry Bankhead
C Company, 156 Parachute Battalion
13/11/16 aged 96
John Simpkins
1st Parachute Sqn RE
31/10/2016 aged 96
Maurice Hewitt
Divisional Signals
13/10/16 aged 95
Thomas Reynolds
2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA
08/10/2016 aged 96
Edward Phillips
HQ Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion
08/09/2016 aged 104
Ken Cranefield DFC
233 Squadron RAF
07/09/2016 aged 94
Karol Niczyperowicz
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
24/08/2016
Donald Cameron
2 Platoon, A Company, 7th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers
18/08/16 aged 93
Colin Hall
17 Platoon, D Company, 10th Parachute Battalion
13/08/16 aged 94
Reginald Warrener
1st Battalion, The Border Regiment.
August 2016 aged 93
William Stubbings
9 Platoon, C Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion
30/07/16 aged 94
Doug Shaw
1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA.
04/07/2016 aged 92
Alexander (Sandy) Masterton
25 Anti-Tank Platoon, Support Company, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
24/06/2016 aged 93
James Henry Minto
Mortar Platoon, Support Company, 7th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
08/06/2016 aged 93
Tim Price
Signals Platoon, HQ Company, 11th Parachute Battalion
05/06/2016 aged 95
Jake Disdel
1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA, C Troop
28/04/2016 aged 96
Reg Mawdsley
Signals Platoon, HQ Company, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
23/04/2016 aged 91
Albert Aldcroft
4th Parachute Squadron RE.
26/03/2016 aged 96
Jimmy Green
133 Parachute Field Ambulance, attached 156 Parachute Battalion
18/02/2016 aged 91
Dennis Mckeown
Medium Machine Gun Platoon, Support Company, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
09/02/2016 aged 93
R.P (Harry) Rice
Mortar Platoon, S Company, 1st Parachute Battalion
06/02/2016 aged 93
Reg (Lofty) Curtis
Mortar Platoon, S Company, 1st Parachute Battalion
Wounded 18/09/1944 and taken prisoner
29/01/2016 aged 95
Bernard (Tony) Constable
Mortar Platoon, Support Company, 10th Parachute Battalion
26/01/2016 aged 97
Edward Ralph
1 Wing, A Sqn, 17 Flight Glider Pilot Regiment
17/01/2016 aged 93
Charles Weir
1st Parachute Sqn RE
Escaped across the Rhine after being at Arnhem Bridge
11/01/2016 aged 95
Sydney Mann
D Company, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
Wounded and taken prisoner 20/09/1944
02/01/2016 aged 93
John Hately
4 Platoon, A Company, 156th Parachute Battalion
wounded and taken prisoner in the woods on 20/09/1944
24/12/2015 aged 93
Ernest Rodgers
2nd Parachute Battalion
25/11/2015 aged 91
John Haley (Mike)
HQ Company, 156th Parachute Battalion
17/11/2015 aged 91
Harry Howard
2 Wing, F Sqn, 16 Flight Glider Pilot Regiment
16/11/2015 aged 96
Gerry Dimmock
MT Sect, HQ Company, 10th Parachute Battalion
14/11/2015 aged 92
John Ranger
20 Platoon, D Company, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
19/11/2015 aged 92
Harry Dicken (Lofty)
Intelligence Section, HQ Company, 10th Parachute Battalion
23/10/2015 aged 91
Ken Hoyle
7 Platoon, B Company, 7th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers
26/09/2015 aged 90
William Humphreys
Medium Machine Gun Platoon, HQ Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion
25/09/2015 aged 94
Bernard Parsons
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Bernard Parsons Glider Pilot Regiment on 17/09/15 aged 94.
Gerald Infield (Leslie)
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Leslie Infield, OC 8 Platoon, C Company, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment on 07/09/15 aged 94. Leslie was one of the few members of the 3rd Battalion who made it to Arnhem Bridge
Vic Capper
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Vic Capper of the 4th Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers in September 2015 aged 96
Harold Herbert (Harry)
Mortar Platoon, Support Company, 10th Parachute Battalion
26/08/2015 aged 91
Rev (Padre) Selwyn Thorne
It is great sadness that we report the death of Rev Selwyn Thorne aged 101 on Saturday 23/08/15 aged 101. Selwyn served with the 1st A/L Light Regiment during the battle and was subsequently taken prisoner and held at Stalag XIB Fallingbostal
Dennis Freebury
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Dennis Freebury of the Royal Army Service Corps on 16/06/15 aged 93
Norman Thomas (Toby)
4th Parachute Squadron RE
30/04/2015 aged 98
Herbert Harget (Bert)
2 Wing, E Sqn, 25 Flight, Glider Pilot Regiment.
12/03/2015 aged 96
Kenneth Patterson (Ken)
1st A/L Anti-Tank Battery, RA
09/03/2015 aged 90
Doctor Derrick Randall
It is with regret that I write of the death of Doctor Derrick Randall, aged 93, on Sunday 1st March 2015.
At Arnhem, he was RMO to the HQ Royal Artillery, and was involved in the running of the Regimental Aid Post in the Hartenstein for most of the battle.
He will be greatly missed.
RIP
John James (Jesse)
Anti-Tank Platoon, Support Company, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment.
22/02/2015 aged 90
Austin Brearton MBE
Austin, who served as a member of the 1st Forward Observation Unit RA at Arnhem has sadly passed away. Out of the 73 men from this unit who took off for Holland in September 1944, by the end of the battle, 7 had been killed, 23 had returned across the Rhine including Austin and 43 were posted as missing.
In 2005 Austin was awarded and MBE for his 20-years’ service as Secretary of the Arnhem Veterans Club.
He will be greatly missed.
RIP
21/02/15 aged 92
Gordon Penfold
B Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion.
22/01/2015 aged 89
6213832 Geoffery Alan Baker
3 Section, 11 Platoon, T Company, 1st Parachute Battalion
13/06/2013 aged 91
Leonard Elliott
1st Airlanding Light Regiment
10/4/2005
George Hill
R Company, 1st Parachute Battalion
2/8/1992 aged 70 years.
Sgt 5671600 S.L.G. (Gus) Garnsworthy
C1 Gun Cmdr., C Troop, 1st A/L Anti-Tank Battery RA
21/1/1986 aged 65 years.
Donald C McRae
4th Parachute Brigade Headquarters Defence Platoon
9/2/1983 aged 67