OPERATION MARKET GARDEN - THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM

**old rockape** · 10-07-2019 05:55 AM

Gill

My uncle served with 3 Para in Italy icon

and I believe he was involved in the Arnhem operation and survived. We can't find any information about him. Could you help?

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**old rockape** · 10-08-2019 02:08 PM

Sorry. I should have checked my facts before posting. It should be 1st Parachute Brigade group Italy icon

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**Gil Boyd** · 10-11-2019 10:34 AM

Old RockApe,
No worries forward me his dets.
Gil

**Strangely Brown** · 10-22-2019 12:03 PM

My father was one of the first 500 to jump at Ringway airport for the formation of the parachute regiment, he went to 3 para and eventually Arnhem.
He was one of the many undiagnosed PTSD casualty's and I finally got to meet him when I was 29, he died a few weeks later from the effects of throat cancer.
I will add that he was a pre war soldier with the East Lancs and made it, (according to my old brother) out of Dunkirk in a coal barge.

**browningautorifle** · 10-22-2019 02:02 PM

Arnhem, Dunkirk and he lived through the war...not many did that.

**Gil Boyd** · 10-22-2019 03:40 PM

Mick,
Have you entered his service on ParaData.org.uk, the history of the Parachute Regiment. If you have any problems let me know?

**Strangely Brown** · 10-26-2019 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by Gil Boyd

Mick,
Have you entered his service on ParaData.org.uk, the history of the Parachute Regiment. If you have any problems let me know?

Gil not yet but it is something I plan to do, we have his service records which I haven't studied in full detail yet.

**Flying10uk** · 10-26-2019 07:29 PM

I purchased a copy of "Arnhem, The Battle For The Bridges", by Antony Beevor in hardback, a couple of days ago from my local charity shop. It looks interesting and has some great photos.

Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944 Antony Beevor

**GeeRam** · 12-18-2019 03:09 PM

On a motoring forum I frequent, someone mentioned Tarrant Rushton airfield in a thread about the Berlin airlift, and a poster mentioned that his late father flew from there to Arnhem.
Turned out his father was none other than Lt. Graham Wadsworth of 1st Airborne Recce, awarded the Bronze Star by the USA icon

for his actions at Arnhem. He was also one of the small number from Recce that got evacuated across the river.

**Flying10uk** · 12-18-2019 06:43 PM

RAF Tarrant Rushton - Wikipedia

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