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Private Robert Harding, son of Robert and Jane Margaret Harding, of Gasstown, Dumfriesshire, served with 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion. He took part in the Greek campaign, during Op Manna.Private Harding died on 4 January 1945, aged 29 years old. He is now buried at Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece.

 

Private Robert Harding

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Greece (Operation Manna)
One company of the 4th Para Battalion was dropped in high winds at Megara airfield 40 miles from Athens suffering numero...
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Grave of Pte Robert Harding, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, August 2015.
Grave of Pte Robert Harding, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, August 2015.
First grave of Pte Robert Harding, 1945.
First grave of Pte Robert Harding, 1945.
Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens Greece.
Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens Greece.
Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece.
Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece.

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Pte Robert Harding, c1944.
Pte Robert Harding, c1944.