11th Parachute Battalion went into to battle with 571 men, 92 were killed, 30 of them are missing since.
Name: KNOWLES, Edwin
Rank: Corporal
Age: 22
No. 49776561
Unit: 8th Platoon, C Company
Missing since:18-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Herbert and Ellen Mary Knowles, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: Known to have been killed when the plane he was in was shot down and crashed near Rijnsteeg west of Wageningen.
When a US Grave unit came to take away the US crew members, his body was mistakenly taken for a US crew member and also taken from Wageningen Cemetery. When it turned out that it was a British soldier, he was re-buried at Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium.
Buried as Unknown British soldier on Hotton War Cemetery, Grave 9.C.3.
National Archive Record WO 361/631
Name: CHILD, Harry
Rank: Private
Age: 24
No. 3458369
Unit: ?
Missing since:19-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Fred and Annie Child, of Radcliffe, Lancshire.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: Known to have been killed by a shell that hit his position in a farm building whilst defending 3rd Battery 1st Airlanding light Regiment RA, near the Old church, Oosterbeek-low.
Brown hair-5.8-6ft
Name: BOOTH, Kenneth Ernest
Rank: Private
Age: 21
No. 6922084
Unit: ?
Missing since:20-09-1944
Next of Kin: London.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: No specifc information is known about his death.
Name: AIREY, Bernard Burwell
Rank: Private
Age: 25
No. 4749730
Unit: 7th Platoon C Company
Missing since:21-09-1944
Next of Kin: York.
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: No specifc information is known about his death.
Name: SPEKE, Wilfred Henry
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Age: 30
No. 315709
Unit:4th Platoon Commander B. Company
Missing since:21-09-1944
Next of Kin: Husband of H.M. Speke , of Lee, London.
Son of Henry and Lilian Speke.
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in the area of the /old Church in Oosterbeek , West of Kate Ter Horst house.
Name: McCULLAGH, John Joseph
Rank: Private
Age: 23
No. 4452957
Unit: A. Company?
Missing since:22-09-1944
Next of Kin: Middlesborough
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: No specific information is known about is death.
Name: O'NEILL, Joseph
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Age: 24
No. 7043403
Unit: A. Company
Missing since:23-09-1944
Next of Kin: Malta
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: Known to have died of his wounds in the RAP at Kate Ter horst house.
5.3-5.4ft
(See map below E6)
Name: KNIGHT, Sidney Bon Robert
Rank: Sergeant
Age: 29
No. 5627302
Unit: Inttel Section HQ. Company
Missing since:25-09-1944
Next of Kin: Husband of Joyce Annie Jarvis Knight, of East Dulwich, London
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: Known to have been killed during the withdrawal over the Rhine on 25/26-09-1944.
Name: GATHARD, Peter
Rank: Private
Age: 21
No. 10632595
Unit: 5th Platoon B Company
Missing since:01-10-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Albert E and Kathleen A Gathard, of Battersea, London
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: Said to have been died of wounds whilst being POW. However he is not listed as a
POW.
Name: PYE, Charles Richard
Rank: Private
Age: 26
No. 1539790
Unit: 4th Platoon B Company
(Batman to 2/Lt Speke)
Missing since:31-12-1944
Next of Kin: Husband of Nancy M. Pye, of Chlaford, Glouchestershire.
Son of Charles and Amelia Pye.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: Said to have been last on the banks of the river Rhine. Another story is that he was last seen as a POW, in Stalag XIB, however he was never listen as a POW.
Name: HANSON, John Robert
Rank: Private
Age: 23
No. 875924
Unit: MMG Platoon, S Company
Missing since:18-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Robert William and Eva Hanson, of West Hartlepool, Co Durham.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: Said to have been wounded by a sniper in the outskirts of Oosterbeek on 21-09-1944 and send to Regimental Aid Post, where he possible died of his wounds.
National Archive Record WO 361/631
Name: GOLDSWORTHY, Mathew, Wyndham Beer
Rank: Private
Age: 26
No. 5725693
Unit: ?
Missing since:18-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Robert William and Eva Hanson, of West Knighton, Dorset.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: No specific information known about his death.
Name: LYONS, Robert James
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Age: 30
No. 3457673
Unit: 2nd Platoon A Company
Missing since:20-09-1944
Next of Kin: Husband of Olive Audrey Lyons, of Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: He was last seen by comrades in the area of the Ginkel Heath, later that day he was ordered to move out by jeep, at the same time artillery/ mortar fire commenced, he was the last one to move out but was not seen again. He was later reported to have been wounded in the legs or arms and taken to an Aid Post where he was putin a cellar.
Also said to be last seen as POW on 08-02-1945. However there is no record of him being taken POW.
Light Brown hair-5.8-5.11ft
National Archive Record WO 361/631
Name: FOULIS, George Stewart
Rank: Private
Age: 21
No. 14632603
Unit: ?
Missing since:21-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Mr and Mrs Foulis, of low Team, Gateshead, Co Durham.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: Last seen in Oosterbeek on 20-09-1944.
Name: HEMPSTEAD, Raymond Arthur
Rank: Private
Age: 24
No. 6459473
Unit: B Company
Missing since:22-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Edward George and Ethel Dorothy Hemsptead, of Bexleyheath, Kent.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: Last seen on Ginkel Heath 18-09-1944.
Name: BLACKLIDGE, Guy Lechmere
Rank: Major
Age: 29
No. 203068
Unit: B Company Commander
Missing since:23-09-1944
Next of Kin: Husband of Partricia D Blacklidge, of Petersham, Surrey.
Son of Frederick C and Sheila Blacklidge.
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: Known to have been killed inside the Old Church at Oosterbeek.
(See map below E6/7)
Name: RONSON, Robert
Rank: Private
Age: 21
No. 3392014
Unit: Signal Platoon HQ Company
Missing since:24-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Harry ad Lydia Ann Ronson, of Thorton Cleveleys, Lancashire.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: No specific information is known about his death.
Name: MAIDENS, James Arthur
Rank: Sergeant
Age: 31
No. 4688364
Unit: MMG Platoon S Company
Missing since:26-09-1944
Next of Kin: Husband of Anne Maidens.
Son of James and Fanny Maidens, of Rochdale, Lancashire.
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: Last seen on 07.00am, North Bank, river Rhine, Oosterbeek.
Name: ALLEN, Frederick Frank
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Age: 23
No. 6087644
Unit: Mortar Platoon S Company
Missing since:01-11-1944
Next of Kin: Son of F and Florence Allen, of Clapham North, London.
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: Said to been died of wounds whilst being POW. However he is not listen as a POW.
Name: SNOW, William John
Rank: Private
Age: 25
No. 7264535
Unit: RAMC attd HQ Company
Missing since:26-04-1945
Next of Kin: Husband of C. Snow ,of Caversham, Reading.
Son of Joseph John and Anne Snow.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: Was taken POW, escaped, but recaptured and last seen in Stalag 12A in March 1945. However regarding he POW No.91299, is seem more likley that he was registered as POW shortly after the battle had ended.
Name: UNDERHILL, Frederick Richard Alfred
Rank: Private
Age: 26
No. 934539
Unit: ?
Missing since:18-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Richard and Esther Underhill, London.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: No specific information is known about his death.
Name: JENKIN, Harry, William
Rank: Private
Age: 24
No. 5500007
Unit: ?
Missing since:19-09-1944
Next of Kin: Husband of M.E. Jenkin, of Lymington, Hampshire.
Son of Frederick William and Frances Leah Jenkin.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: No specific information is known about his death.
Name: NIXON, Herbert
Rank: Private
Age: 20
No. 14641813
Unit: 1st Platoon A Company
Missing since:20-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Mark and Eleanor Shuttleworth Nixon, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester.
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: No specific information is known about his death.
Name: KING, John William
Rank: Private
Age: 27
No. 6458590
Unit: 7th Platoon C Company
Missing since:21-09-1944
Next of Kin: Beckenham.
Groesbeek Panel: 11
KIA Information: No specific information is known about his death.
Name: McCARTHY, Patrick
Rank: Sergeant
Age: 28
No. 6342853
Unit: 2nd Platoon A Company
Missing since:22-09-1944
Next of Kin: Husband of Josephine McCarthy, of Hanworth, Middlesex.
Son of Eugene and Mary McCarthy.
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: Known to have been killed in the Weverstraat, Oosterbeek.
(See map below D7)
Name: COCHRAN, Ebenezer MM
Rank: Private
Age: 27
No. 6468016
Unit: ?
Missing since:23-09-1944
Next of Kin: ?
Groesbeek Panel: 9
KIA Information: No specific information is known about his death.
Name: ANDERSON, Gilbert
Rank: Private
Age: 21
No. 3606646
Unit: 8th Platoon, C.Company
Missing since:23-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Anderson, of Blackpool, Lancashire
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: Known to have been killed and buried by the Red-Cross on 02-10-1944 beside Onderlangs, Arnhem.
Dark brown hair-5.9ft
Believed to be the unknown soldier on Arnhem-Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Grave 19.C.16
Name: WRIGHT, William
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Age: 26
No. 4131263
Unit: ?
Missing since:26-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of William and Ellen Wright, of Crosby, Liverpool
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: Believed to have been killed during the withdrawal on 25/26-09-1944.
Name: STONE, William Donald
Rank: Sergeant
Age: 26
No. 6287773
Unit: 8th Platoon C Company
Missing since:22-11-1944
Next of Kin: Son of William Henry and Kitty J. Stone of, Hythe,Kent.
Groesbeek Panel: 8
KIA Information: Believed to have drowned during the crossing of Operation Pegasus 2 on 18/19-11-1944, whilst being ferried across the river Rhine, and the boat he was overturned.
National Archive Record WO 361/631
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