Captain Henry S Buchanan

Henry Sydney Buchanan was the son of Capt. A Buchanan M.C. and Amy Buchanan and the husband of Emily Buchanan, of Macclesfield, Cheshire. He was granted a commission in the Royal Artillery and volunteered for Airborne forces.

Captain Buchanan successfully completed glider training and parachute training at RAF Ringway on course number 101, from 31 January to 13 February 1944. His course report stated ‘A first class all round performer, good leader and most enthusiastic, has done very well.’ He was posted to 1 Forward Observer Unit (Airborne), Royal Artillery, attached to 2 Battalion Parachute Regiment, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

Capt. Buchanan was killed in action on 19 September 1944, aged 30, by a shell near the Rhine Bridge at Arnhem. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Groesbeek memorial to the missing.

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