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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...
Private Frederick Ashton Smith served with 1st (Airborne) Battalion, Border Regiment and took part in the Battle of Arnhem, during Op Market Garden.He died on 25 September 1944, aged 19 years old. He is now buried at Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Arnhem.
Service History
- Date not known 1st (Airborne) Battalion, The Border Regiment (Private)
