Private Kenneth C Willis

Kenneth Charles Willis was the son of Frederick and Mary (Stubbs) Willis, of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, he enlisted in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and volunteered for airborne forces.

Private Willis 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 Willis died of wounds on 25 March 1945, aged 22, and was given a field burial at Hamminkeln, Germany, and was re-interred to Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany on 23 April 1947.

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