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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)
1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal...
Sergeant John Robert Baker, son of James Henry and Barbara Ann Baker, of Stockon-on-Tees, Co Durham, served with 11th Parachute Battalion. He took part in the Battle of Arnhem, during Op Market Garden.Sergeant Baker died on 21 September 1944, aged 32 years old. He is now buried at Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Arnhem.
Service History
- 1944 11th Parachute Battalion (Sergeant)
