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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 Robert James Lyons, husband of Olive Audrey Lyons, of Wythenshawe, Manchester, served with 11th Parachute Battalion. He took part in the Battle of Arnhem, during Op Market Garden. He was parachute jump trained at RAF Kabrit
Corporal Lyons died of wounds on 20 September 1944, aged 30 years old. He is now commemorated on the Memorial at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, near Arnhem.
Service History
- Date not known 11th Parachute Battalion (Corporal)
