Major Lonsdale accepts a light from Lt Polley after Arnhem, Njimegen 26 September 1944.

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Survivors of the Battle of Arnhem: Major RTH Lonsdale (left), Second in Command of the 11th Parachute Battalion and commander of the Lonsdale Force at Arnhem, accepts a light from Lieutenant David Polley, C Section (lines), 1st Airborne Divisional Signals, after the battle at Nijmegen on 26 September 1944.