Lance Corporal Horace C W Longley

Horace Cyril William Longley was born and lived in south west London he enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regiment and volunteered for airborne forces.

Lance Corporal Longley successfully completed glider training and was posted to the 12th (Airborne) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and took part in Operation Varsity (Rhine Crossing).

L/Cpl Longley 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 24 April 1947.

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