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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 Cecil Harry Creasy, the son of William and Ethel Creasy, of Framlingham, Suffolk, was initially enlisted into his county regiment.He transferred to the Army Catering Corps in November 1943 and was attached to 156 Parachute Battalion, serving with the Defence Platoon as a cook at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden.
Pte William Creasy died on 25 September 1944, aged 27 years old, and is now buried at Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Arnhem.
Service History
- Date not known 156 Parachute Battalion (Private)
- Date not known Army Catering Corps (Private)
