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It is with great sadness and regret that I have to inform you of the passing of one of our Arnhem veterans and Honorary Life members, Ron Johnson, on Thursday 16th November 2023 aged 102. Ron served with E Squadron, Glider Pilot Regiment during the battle of Arnhem, fighting with his section of Glider Pilots…

It is with great sadness and regret that I have to inform you of the passing of one of our veterans and Honorary Life Member, Bill Williams. Bill passed away this morning aged 98. At Arnhem Bill served with the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment. He was captured on the banks of the Rhine and…

It is with great sadness and regret that I have to inform you of the passing of one of our Arnhem Veterans and Honorary Life members, Alec Hall. Alec served with the 181 Airlanding Field Ambulance at Arnhem before being taken Prisoner of War. We will have a full obituary in a future newsletter. May…

It is with great sadness and regret that I have to inform you of the passing of one of our Founding Life members, Lt Colonel Banks Midddleton, who helped Major Tony Hibbert establish the Arnhem Fellowship. Prior to this he assisted with the Arnhem Veterans Club and was treasurer of the Arnhem Fellowship for several…

It is with great sadness and regret that I have to inform you of the passing of one of our Arnhem veterans and Honorary Life member, Roy Smith. My thanks to Roy’s grandson, Phil Harvey for the photograph of Roy. May he Rest In Peace

It is with great sadness and regret that I have to inform you of the passing of one of our Arnhem veterans and Honorary Life member, Frank Ashleigh. My thanks to Ramon de Heer for the photograph of Frank. May he Rest In Peace

It is with great sadness and regret that I have to inform you of the passing of one of our Arnhem veterans and Honorary Life member, Thomas Brewin. Thomas served with the Medium Machine Gun Platoon, S Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment at Arnhem and was taken prisoner on the banks of the…

I regret to inform you of the passing of one our Arnhem veterans and Honorary Life members, Lech Ziolowski. Lech served with HQ Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade. He dropped at Driel on 21st September 1944 having flown from Spanhoe airfield in Lincolnshire with the 309th Troop Carrier Squadron. We will…

It is with great sadness and regret that we have to inform you of the passing of one of our Arnhem veterans and Honorary Life Member, John Crosson, who passed away on 6th December. John served with 6 Platoon, B Company, 7th (Galloway) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers and returned across the Rhine at…

The Dutch do us proud in the PARAS10 Arnhem Virtual In the first week of October 13 Dutch runners completed the 10-mile Arnhem Virtual run under the banner of the Arnhem Fellowship to help raise funds for Support Our Paras (The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity).  Our member, Matthijs Somford, organised them to run…