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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 Norman Bateson Ashworth, son of Willie and Louise Ashworth, of Bradford, Yorkshire, served with 9th Field Company (Airborne), Royal Engineers. He took part in the Battle of Arnhem, during Op Market Garden.He died on 25 September 1944, aged 25 years old. He is now buried at Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Arnhem.
Service History
- Date not known 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE (Corporal)
