1st Forward Observer Unit
1st Foward Observer Unit went into to battle with men,73 were killed, 3 of them are missing since.
Name: BUCHANAN, Henry Sydney
Rank: Captain
Age: 30
No. 276993
Unit: Attached 2nd Parachute Battalion
Missing since:19-09-1944
Next of Kin: Husband of Emily Buchanan, of Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Son of Mr and Mrs A. Buchanan.
Groesbeek Panel: 1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed by enemy shell fire near Arnhem road bridge.
Name: HIGGINSON, Harry
Rank: Gunner
Age: 20
No. 14512612
Unit: Attached 1st Border Regiment
Missing since:21-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Walter and Charlotte Higginson, stepson of Katherine J. Higginson , of Douglas, Isle of man.
Groesbeek Panel: 2
KIA Information: No specific information is known about his death.
Name: MAHY, William John
Rank: Bombardier
Age: 26
No. 856134
Unit: HQ
Missing since:23-09-1944
Next of Kin: Son of Mr and Mrs E. Mahy, of St. Andrew, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Groesbeek Panel: 2
KIA Information: No specific information is known about his death.
Brown hair- 5.9ft
