Driver George High

George High was the son of Thomas Henry and Agnes High and the husband of Ada High, of Kirkham, Lancashire. He enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps, and volunteered for airborne forces.

Driver High successfully completed Air Despatcher training and was posted to 223 Air Despatch Company, Royal Army Service Corps, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

Dvr High was killed in action on 21 September 1944, aged 34, when RAF 271 Squadron Dakota KG-340, (‘The Saint’), base Down Ampney was hit by Flak, and crashed near the house of Mr De Haas alongside Achterstraat at Heteren. Dvr High was buried in Heteren General Cemetery. (Roll of Honour, 5th Revised Edition, 2011).

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