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 |
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1st Parachute Brigade |
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1st Parachute Battalion |
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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 |
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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 |
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Smith, William |
Private, 1826449 |
19/09/1944 |
1st Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers |
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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 |
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7th (Airborne) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers |
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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 |
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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 |
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156 Parachute Battalion |
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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 |
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Borland, Mark |
Private, 4123566 |
18/09/1944 |
Divisional units and attached units |
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1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery |
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Sime, Thomas |
Gunner, 1084419 |
22/09/1944 |
1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron, Royal Armoured Corps |
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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 |
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Docherty, Archibald Fordyce |
Lance Corporal, 236791 |
23/09/1944 |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
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Brown, Robert Duncan |
Staff Sergeant, 7596110 |
25/09/1944 |
Glider Pilot Regiment |
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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 |
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44 (Lowland) Infantry Brigade |
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6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers |
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Ramsay, James |
Fusilier, 14633670 |
28/09/2014 |
6th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers |
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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 |
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9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
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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 |
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Keenan, Henry |
Private, 3314734 |
22/09/1944 |
7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders |
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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 |
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10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry |
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Brown, Thomas |
Lance Sergeant, 3317945 |
20/09/1944 |
53rd (Welsh) Division – XII Corps |
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160th Infantry Brigade |
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6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers |
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Sutherland, Robert |
Fusilier, 1501058 |
25/09/1944 |
53rd Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, Royal Armoured Corps |
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Morrison, Norman |
Trooper, 14239780 |
21/10/1944 |
43rd (Wessex) Division – XXX Corps |
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129th Infantry Brigade |
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4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment |
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Singer, George |
Private, 2877556 |
24/09/1944 |
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division – XXX Corps |
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69th Infantry Brigade |
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6th Bn The Green Howards |
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Stables, Archibald |
Sergeant, 2874024 |
27/09/1944 |
Other units |
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91 Field Company, Royal Engineers |
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Yeoman, Thomas |
Sapper, 14530780 |
26/09/1944 |
Rose, James |
Sapper, 2137986 |
30/09/1944 |
507 Field Company, Royal Engineers |
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Allan, William |
Corporal, 2068338 |
26/09/1944 |
583 Army Field Company, Royal Engineers |
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Wightman, John |
Private, 3604115 |
25/09/1944 |
257 Ambulance Car Company, Royal Army Service Corps |
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Harley, John |
Driver, 14439725 |
26/09/1944 |
149 Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery |
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McIntosh, Hugh |
Gunner, 1795861 |
03/10/1944 |