Bridge Too Far (77 page)

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Authors: Cornelius Ryan

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[1/

Airborne].  Instrument maker,

 

London, S.e., 24.  Chapman, Harry A., W/s/sgt.

[Glider Pilot Regt.].

Electrical contracts manager,

 

Cyncoed, Cardiff, Wales.  Chatterton, George S., Col.  [Glider

Pilot Regt.]. Retired brigadier,

London, N.w. 8. Chennell, William, Cpl.  [Guards

Armoured].  Carpenter, London, S.e.

4. Christie, Gordon, Sapper [1/

Airborne].  Bricklayer, nr.

Spalding, Lincolnshire.  Christie, Robert K., Gunner [1/

Airborne].  Life-insurance agency

superintendent, Surrey.  Christie, Valentine Brock, Flying Officer

[Royal Canadian Air Force].

Grain farmer, Alberta, Canada.  Clark, R. J., Capt.  [1/

Airborne].  Bank

economic adviser, Hertfordshire.  Clegg, Benjamin B., Capt.  [1/

Airborne].  Managing director,

 

Sheffield.  Clegg, Eric, Gunner [1/

Airborne].  Universal miller,

 

engineering workshop, Lancashire.  Cleminson, James A. S., Lt.  [1/

Airborne].  Company director,

Norfolk.  Cockrill, James D., Signalman

[1/ Airborne].  Police sergeant,

 

Norfolk.  Cole, C. V., Pvt.  [1/

 

Airborne].  Carpenter, North

Queensland, Australia.  Coles, C. J., Cpl.  [Guards

Armoured].  Major, Royal Guards,

Windsor, Berkshire.  Consett, William L., Major [Guards

Armoured].  Retired, London.  Conway, James J., L/cpl.  [1/

Airborne].  Driver, Ministry of

Aviation, Camberley, Surrey.  Cook, Ralph, Gunner [1/

Airborne].  Chemical operator,

 

Grimsby, Lincolnshire.  Cooper, Derek G. D., Capt.  Major

[Guards Armoured].  County Donegal,

Ireland.  Cooper, Frederick S., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Driver, Hornsy

Rise, London N. 19.

Copley, Stanley G., Signalman [1/

Airborne].  Public-relations

executive, Henley-in-Arden,

Warwickshire.  Corrie, Michael T., Capt.

[R.a.f. Glider Pilot].

Produce broker, London, S.w.

1.         Cosadinos, George, Cpl.  [1/

 

Airborne].  Barber, Stockport,

 

Cheshire.  Cosgrove, David Thomas, Pvt.  [1/

 

Airborne].  Trimmer, motor works,

Luton, Bedfordshire.  Cox, Alan Harvey, Lt.  [1/

Airborne].  Lt.  Col.,

 

British Army, Warrington, Lancashire.  Cox, David, Pvt.  [1/ Airborne].

Machine-shop inspector, Hemel

Hempstead, Hertfordshire.  Cox, Ronald Charles Percy, Pvt.

[1/ Airborne].  G.p.o.

engineer, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.  Crawley, Douglas E., Major

[1/

Airborne].  Lt.  Col., NATO,

Kols@as, Norway.  Creswell, J. N., Lt.  [Guards

Armoured].  Lloyd’s underwriter, nr.

Polegate, Sussex.  Cronk, Frederick J., W/o Pilot

[R.a.f.]. Coach works director,

Nottinghamshire.  Crook, John W., L/bombardier [1/

Airborne].  Police sergeant,

 

Shipley, Yorkshire.  Dakin, John Leslie, Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Telephone engineer,

 

Spalding, Lincolnshire.  Dalton, Austin D., FirstSgt.

[R.a.f.]. Compositor,

Linotype operator, Belfast.  Daniells, Frederick T., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Engineer, Dunstable,

 

Bedfordshire.  Dauncey, Michael D. K., Lt.

[Glider Pilot Regt.]. Lt.

Col., British Army, Latimer,

Chesham, Buckinghamshire.  Davey, Harold Leonard, C.q.m.s.

[1/ Airborne].  Shopkeeper, nr.

Selby, Yorkshire.  Davis, George E., S/sgt.  [1/

Airborne].  Marketing (sales

promotion) N.s.w., Australia.  Dawson, Alan, Pvt.  [Pathfinders, 1/

Airborne].  Company director,

 

Wrington, nr.  Bristol.  Dawson, John Harold, Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Tool setter,

 

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.  Dent, Ralph, Pvt.  [1/ Airborne].

Police sergeant, Scarborough,

Yorkshire.  Demetriadi, Springet, Capt.

[Phantom Net].  Member, London

Stock Exchange, London,

 

E.c. 2. Deane-Drummond, Anthony, Major [1/

Airborne].  D.s.o., M.c.,

Maj.  Gen., Commander, 3rd Infantry

Division, Tidworth, Hampshire.  Dixon, George, Cpl.  [1/

Airborne].  Production engineer,

 

Crawley, Sussex.  Doggart, James, L/cpl.  [Guards

Armoured].  R.q.m.s. of Irish

Guards, Birdcage Walk, London,

S.w. 1. Downing, Robert W., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  High-voltage cable

jointer, Northampton.  Drew, James R., Sgt.  [1/

Airborne].  Engineer, Stafford,

 

Staffordshire.  Driver, John, Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Catering officer,

 

Ashton-under-Lyne.  Dullforce, Alfred J., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Stockroom manager,

 

London.  Dunn, Pat., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Coal merchant,

 

Leicestershire.  Eagger, Dr.  A. Austin, A.d.m.s.

[1/ Airborne].  Retired medical

doctor, Exeter, Devonshire.  Edwards, Jimmy, F.o. [R.a.f.].

Entertainer, Uckfield, Sussex.  Edwards, Robert C. S., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Heavy-goods driver, nr.

Coventry.  Edwards, Roy Norris, Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Electrician’s mate,

Barry, Glamorganshire, Wales.  Egan, Rev.  Friend.  Bernard M.,

Chaplain

[1/ Airborne].  Headmaster,

 

Wimbledon College Preparatory

School, London.  Ellwood, Richard A., Sgt.  [1/

Airborne].  Gas board staff

officer, Hammersmith, London.  Emery, Ronald T., Sapper [1/

Airborne].  Decorator, London.

Essame, Hubert, Brigadier

[43rd Infantry Div.]. C.b.e.,

D.s.o., M.c., Retired Major

General, N. Chichester.  Fairclough, Thomas, Sgt.  [1/

Airborne].  Civil servant,

 

Lancashire.  Falconer, Edward, Guardsman [Guards

Armoured].  Laborer, Montrose,

 

Angus, Scotland.  Faulkner, Maurice A., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Gear cutter, Tamworth,

Staffordshire.  Fenge, William J., Sgt.  [Glider

Pilot Regt.]. Builder, London,

S.w. 17.  Fieldhouse, Stanley, Gunner [1/

Airborne].  Tailor’s cutter,

Leeds 16, Yorkshire.  Firkins, Harold J., Sgt.  [1/

Airborne].  Director, insurance

brokers, Kings Heath, Birmingham 14.  FitzGerald, Desmond R. S.,

Major

[Guards Armoured].  Merchant banker,

London.  Fitzpatrick, Francis “Pat,”

Sgt.  [1/ Airborne].  Office

manager, Coulsdon, Surrey.  Formoy, Leonard, Cpl.  [1/

Airborne].  Depot manager for

sports manufacturer, London, S.e.

11.  Foster, Raymond H., Sapper [1/

Airborne].  Shoe repairman,

 

Farnham, Surrey.  Frater, Les J., S/sgt.  [Glider

Pilot Regt.]. Civil servant,

Weston-super-Mare, Somersetshire.  Freemantle, Albert, Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Superintendent, British

South Africa Police, Rhodesia.  Frost, John D., Lt.  Col.  [1/

Airborne].  Retired Major

General, Oxshott, Surrey.  Gammon, Peter John F., Sgt.

[Glider Pilot Regt.]. Chartered

surveyor, Woking, Surrey.  Garfield, Frank, Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Transport driver,

 

Birmingham.  Gatland, George, Sgt.  Major

[1/ Airborne].  Technical

assistant, London Street Lighting,

Wembley, Middlesex.  Gay, Robert D., Sgt.  Major [1/

Airborne].  Construction manager,

 

Burgh Heath, Surrey.  George, J. H., Cpl.  [1/

Airborne].  Metal engineer,

 

Australia.  Gibbons, Eric R., Cpl.  [1/

 

Airborne].  Off-license manager,

London, N. 7. Gibbons, Leslie N., S/sgt.

[Glider Pilot Regt.]. Sales

representative, B.e.a. Airways,

Warwickshire.  Gibbons, Harry A., S/sgt.  [Glider

Pilot Regt.]. Stock controller,

Chippenham, Wiltshire.  Gillie, Thomas, Sgt.  [1/

Airborne].  Building foreman,

 

Darlington, County Durham.  Glover, J. W., Lt/Qm [1/

Airborne].  Retired Lt.

Col., British Army

Administration, York, Yorkshire.  Glover, Richard, Cpl.  [1/

Airborne].  Company representative,

 

Driffield, Yorkshire.  Goldthorpe, Lawrence, Sgt.  [Glider

Pilot Regt].  Government service,

Surrey.  Gordon-Watson, Michael, Major

[Guards Armoured].  O.b.e.,

M.c., Stud manager, farmer,

Dorsetshire.  Gorman, John, Lt.  [Guards

Armoured].  C.v.o., M.b.e.,

M.c., personnel director,

B.o.a.c., Sussex.  Gough, C. F. H., Major [1/

Airborne].  Insurance broker and company

director, Lodsworth, Sussex.  Goulburn, Edward H., Lt.  Col.

[Guards Armoured].  Retired Major

General, Surrey.  Grafton, James, Major [43rd

Division].  TV script writer,

company director, Strutton Ground,

London.  Grainger, Robert E., Co.  Sgt.  Major

[1/ Airborne].  M.b.e.,

Racing manager, Greyhound Stadium,

nr.  Stroud, Gloucestershire.  Gray, Donald James, Signalman

[1/ Airborne].  Builder,

 

Cleethorpes, Lancashire.  Green, P. J., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Slatter, Morayshire,

 

Scotland.  Green, Thomas C., S/sgt.  [1/

 

Airborne].  Head remedial gymnast,

Marston Green, Birmingham.

Grieve, Duncan G., Signalman [1/

Airborne].  Rotary-press

assistant, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.  Griffiths, Frederick F., L/sgt.

[Guards Armoured].  Miner, New

Tupton, Chesterfield.  Growe, Michael G., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Inspector of motor

components, Sheldon, Birmingham.  Hackett, John, Brigadier

[1/ Airborne].

D.s.o., M.b.e., M.c.,

Retired Commander in Chief, British

Army of the Rhine.  Hall, Eric, Sgt.  [1/ Airborne].

Sales manager, Schweppes,

 

London.  Hall, J. A., L/cpl.  [1/

Airborne].  Clerk, British

Embassy, Louvain, Belgium.  Halliwell, Stanley, L/sgt.  [1/

Airborne].  Builder, Cheshire.  Hands, Lewis, Sgt.  [1/ Airborne].

Company director, Nottingham.  Hardman, Donald A., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Fireman, Northants.  Harker, M., Capt.  [Phantom Net].

Director, wine and spirits merchants,

London.  Harris, Thomas H., L/cpl.  [1/

Airborne].  Grinder, Warwickshire.  Harrison, Charles A., Capt.  [1/

Airborne].  Stockbroker, London.  Harvey, Bernard H., Warrant Off.

[R.a.f.]. D.f.c., Civil

servant, Guildford, Surrey.  Harvey-Kelly, C. William, Lt.

[Guards Armoured].  Colonel,

 

British Army, London.  Hatch, Roy Ernest, Sgt.  [Glider

Pilot Regt.]. Motorcycle dealer,

Caterham, Surrey.  Hawkings, Angela [Red Cross].

Buyer, New York, N.y. Hay, Neville, Lt.  [Phantom

Net].  General manager to a security

organization, London.  Haysom, James N., Signalman [1/

Airborne].  Engineer, Cardiff,

 

Wales.  Haywood, Bernard, Cpl.  [1/

Airborne].  Legal executive,

 

Cheshire.  Haywood, Leslie N., FirstSgt.

 

[R.a.f.]. Retired police

sergeant, E. Yorkshire.  Hendy, Arthur S., L/cpl.  [1/

Airborne].  Bus driver, London

Transportation, Kent.  Hennon, Wilfred, Warrant Off.

II [1/ Airborne].

C.s.m., Civil servant,

Farnborough, Hampshire.  Herman, Jack, Flying Officer

[R.a.f.]. Investment consultant,

London.  Hewitt, Jack, Signalman [1/

Airborne].  Assistant head

postmaster, Yorkshire.  Heyes, Stanley, Signalman [1/

Airborne].  Sub officer, fire

brigade, Cheshire.  Heywood, A. G., Capt.  [Guards

Armoured].  C.b.e., M.e.,

Colonel, British Army,

 

Wiltshire.  Hicks, Philip H. W., Brigadier

[1/ Airborne].  Retired Major

General, Hampshire.  Hicks, Thomas, Sapper [1/

Airborne].  Locomotive driver,

 

British Railways, Yorkshire.  Hill, Joseph J., W/sgt.  [Glider

Pilot Regt.]. Personnel officer,

Staffordshire.  Hogan, Patrick, Guardsman

[Guards Armoured].  Postman,

 

Middlesex.  Holburn, A. R., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Lt.  Col., Zambia

Army, Lusaka, Zambia.  Hollis, Frank, Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Oil company driver,

Essex.  Hollobone, Bernard, Sgt.  [1/

Airborne].  Shopowner, Leicester.  Holloway, John J., Signalman [1/

Airborne].  Engineer, Kennington,

 

Oxfordshire.  Holt, B. R., S/sgt.  [Glider

Pilot Regt.]. Engineering planning

manager, Leeds 16, Yorkshire.  Holt, Ronald C., Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Managing director,

 

flooring contractor, Saltney, Cheshire.  Homfray, Frank R., Lt.

[Guards

Armoured].  Farmer, Newbury,

 

Berkshire.  Hopkins, George, Cpl.  [1/

Airborne].  Joiner,

 

Tamworth, Staffordshire.  Hopkinson, H. S., Lt.  [Guards

Armoured].  Colonel, commanding Household

Cavalry, East Hagbourne, Berkshire.  Horsefield, James, Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Planer, Whickham,

 

Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Hoskins, James, Sgt.  [1/

Airborne].  Police constable,

 

Manchester.

 

Houghton, H. R., W/sgt.  [1/

Airborne].  Plasterer, Liverpool

7. Houston, Francis Wesley, Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Clerk,

 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3. Howson, Victor, Pvt.  [1/

Airborne].  Heat and frost insulator,

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