Corporal Eric C Durbridge

Eric Charles Durbridge was born and lived in Kent, he enlisted in the Essex Regiment, and volunteered for airborne forces.

Corporal Durbridge successfully completed glider training and was posted to 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, and took part in Operation Varsity (Rhine Crossing).

Cpl Durbridge was killed in action on 24 March 1945, and was given a field burial at Hamminkeln, Germany and was re-interred to Reichswald Forest War Cemetery on 23 April 1947.

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