A list of the wills of seventy soldiers, with dates of deaths 17 September to 3 October 1944, who took part in Market Garden, the Allied airborne and land assault in September 1944.

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1st British Airborne Division – 1st Airborne Corps

1st Parachute Brigade

1st Parachute Battalion

Moore, William Gordon

Private, 2767152

17/09/1944

Fairweather, John

Private, 926019

18/09/1944

McKnight, John

Sergeant, 3185810

20/09/1944

Clarkson, Alastair Duncan

Lieutenant, 251970

22/09/1944

Strachan, Fred Anderson

Private, 7903398

25/09/1944

2nd Parachute Battalion

Burns, William

Sergeant, 3196639

18/09/1944

Ruddy, John

Corporal, 2991530

21/09/1944

McAuslan, Archibald Hamilton

Private, 3134185

22/09/1944

Thomson, John

Sergeant, 1440687

22/09/1944

3rd Parachute Battalion

Smith, William

Private, 1826449

19/09/1944

1st Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers

Gray, David

Sapper, 2077436

19/09/1944

Taylor, Gilbert

Sapper, 1880946

21/09/1944

Campbell, John

Sapper, 3189332

22/09/1944

Cunningham, Thomas

Sapper, 2070187

24/09/1944

1st Airlanding Brigade

7th (Airborne) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers

Campbell, John

Private, 14205312

18/09/1944

Henderson, Thomas James

Private, 14327560

18/09/1944

Leiser, John

Private, 14424706

18/09/1944

Liddle, James Watson

Private, 14327584

18/09/1944

Mackay, Alexander

Private, 3055446

18/09/1944

Noble, Robert

Corporal, 3192852

18/09/1944

Strang, James H

Lieutenant, 299312

19/09/1944

Ferguson, Robert

Sergeant, 3190462

20/09/1944

Fisher, John

Private, 14327544

20/09/1944 on or after

McDade, William

Corporal, 3196498

23/09/1944

Ure, James

Private, 14637319

20/09/1944

Fenton, Abraham

Private, 3326393

21/09/1944

Ferguson, Robert

Sergeant, 3190462

20/09/1944

Gibson, William

Private, 3194310

21/09/1944

Girvan, John Thomas

Private, 3190913

21/09/1944

Lewis, Alexander

Private, 14211165

21/09/1944

Mason, Andrew Logan

Private, 14415584

21/09/1944

McLaughlan, James

Private, 3196917

21/09/1944

Murdoch, David

Private, 14656699

21/09/1944

Stevenson, Eric Knowles

Private, 14327648

21/09/1944

Tyson, John

Private, 3189065

22/09/1944

Watson, Thomas

Private, 14436973

22/09/1944

Hunter, John

Lance Corporal, 3194187

24/09/1944

Hunter, James Kirk

Private, 3190517

23/09/1944

McLintock, James

Corporal, 14211211

23/09/1944

Torley, Michael

Lance Corporal, 14415303

23/09/1944

Hannah, Samuel

Private, 3191024

24/09/1944

Lamond, James

Private, 2889307

24/09/1944

Logan, Robert

Private, 14211446

24/09/1944

Graham, David Wright

Private, 3325919

25-26/09/1944

Henderson, William

Private, 14327562

25-26/09/1944

Marshall, James

Private, 14210924

26/09/1944

Martin, John

Corporal, 3190457

25/09/1944

Rogerson, Thomas

Private, 14327634

25/09/1944

Thomson, Joseph

Corporal, 3187636

26/09/1944

Weems, Richard Henderson

Private, 3194954

25/09/1944

Wilson, Robert

Corporal, 3190243

25-26/09/1944

Kerr, Robert Learmont

Private, 14210880

29/09/1944

Ford, Francis James

Private, 1826309

03/10/1944

1st Battalion, Border Regiment

Gallagher, Neil

Private, 2697171

18/09/1944

Caven, James

Private, 14563521

21/09/1944

Fletcher, Walter Dixon

Corporal, 3597942

24/09/1944

Wightman, John

Private, 3604115

25/09/1944

4th Parachute Brigade

156 Parachute Battalion

Munro, Alexander

Private, 14273032

19/09/1944

George, Joseph

Private, 2761889

21/09/1944

Walker, Andrew Ogilvie

Sergeant, 2751425

25/09/1944

11th Parachute Battalion

Borland, Mark

Private, 4123566

18/09/1944

Divisional units and attached units

1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery

Sime, Thomas

Gunner, 1084419

22/09/1944

1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron, Royal Armoured Corps

Edmond, William McKinlay

Trooper, 3060103

17/09/1944

McGregor, Thomas

Lance Sergeant, 14363788

17/09/1944

250 (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps

Docherty, Archibald Fordyce

Lance Corporal, 236791

23/09/1944

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Brown, Robert Duncan

Staff Sergeant, 7596110

25/09/1944

Glider Pilot Regiment

Wright, John

Staff Sergeant, 951021

19/09/1944

Stewart, Thomas Walter

Sergeant, 85421

23/09/1944

Manby, Henry Middleton

Staff Sergeant, 2885595

25/09/1944

McMillan, Alexander Crawford

Staff Sergeant, 6296502

25/09/1944

15th Scottish Division – XII Corps

44 (Lowland) Infantry Brigade

6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers

Ramsay, James

Fusilier, 14633670

28/09/2014

6th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers

Wilson, William C

Corporal, 3191578

19/09/1944

Lancaster, Norman

Private, 3194867

22/09/1944

Turner, James

Private, 3187535

23/09/1944

Allan, Joseph

Private, 14214398

27/09/1944

Ross, William

Private, 14210727

27/09/1944

46 (Highland) Infantry Brigade

9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Campbell, John

Rifleman, 14211404

26/09/1944

Gray, Robert

Rifleman, 3248394

26/09/1944

Fletcher, John

Rifleman, 2195544

27/09/1944

Gardiner, Alexander

Rifleman, 3251229

01/10/1944

2nd Battalion, (Glasgow Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry

Keenan, Henry

Private, 3314734

22/09/1944

7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders

McDonald, Neil

Private, 2821525

22/09/1944

McMillan, Roland

Private, 2823186

22/09/1944

Ritchie, Francis

Private, 2829357

26/09/1944

227 (Highland) Infantry Brigade

10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry

Brown, Thomas

Lance Sergeant, 3317945

20/09/1944

53rd (Welsh) Division – XII Corps

160th Infantry Brigade

6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers

Sutherland, Robert

Fusilier, 1501058

25/09/1944

53rd Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, Royal Armoured Corps

Morrison, Norman

Trooper, 14239780

21/10/1944

43rd (Wessex) Division – XXX Corps

129th Infantry Brigade

4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment

Singer, George

Private, 2877556

24/09/1944

50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division – XXX Corps

69th Infantry Brigade

6th Bn The Green Howards

Stables, Archibald

Sergeant, 2874024

27/09/1944

Other units

91 Field Company, Royal Engineers

Yeoman, Thomas

Sapper, 14530780

26/09/1944

Rose, James

Sapper, 2137986

30/09/1944

507 Field Company, Royal Engineers

Allan, William

Corporal, 2068338

26/09/1944

583 Army Field Company, Royal Engineers

Wightman, John

Private, 3604115

25/09/1944

257 Ambulance Car Company, Royal Army Service Corps

Harley, John

Driver, 14439725

26/09/1944

149 Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery

McIntosh, Hugh

Gunner, 1795861

03/10/1944