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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...
Corporal James Barfoot was the son of James A and Catherine Barfoot, of Oldham, Lancashire and husband of May Barfoot, also of Oldham. He served with 1st (Airborne) Battalion, Border Regiment. He took part in the Battle of Arnhem, during Op Market Garden.He died on 28 September 1944, aged 33 years old. He is now buried at Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Arnhem.
Service History
- 1944 1st (Airborne) Battalion, The Border Regiment (Corporal)