Norman Cato was the son of Walter and Emma (Butwell) Cato, of Oxford; husband of Florence Ruth (Kinnett) Cato. Married July 1936 in Oxford. He enlisted in the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry and volunteered for airborne forces.

His birth is shown on the 1911 Census as 1910, and 1st Quarter 1910 on the Woodstock, Oxford, birth registration records, but according to the CWGC records he was 27 when he was killed in action?

Private Cato successfully completed glider training and was posted to 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, and took part in operation Varsity (Rhine Crossing).

Pte Cato was killed in action on 24 March 1945, aged 35, and was given a field burial at Hamminkeln and was re-interred to Reichswald Forest War Cemetery on 18 April 1947.

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