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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...
Pte Victor Horace Edward Holden, formerly of the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, served with the Defence Platoon of 1st Airborne Division during the Battle of Arnhem.
He was able to safely withdraw with the remnants of the division across the Rhine to allied lines on the night of 25-26 September 1944, after nine days of fighting.
Service History
- 1942 2nd Battalion Ox and Bucks Light Infantry (Private)
- 1942 HQ 1st Airborne Division (Private)
