Is this person making this up?

Discussion in 'Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy' started by miltonrow@gmail, Jun 24, 2019.

  1. ceolredmonger

    ceolredmonger Member

    Technically personnel were not to go into an active theatre of war until they were 18. However an operation which was the raison d'etre of a unit, such as Arnhem led to an lot of blind eyes' being turned. This is especially so if it simply meant blagging the way onto a plane close to the depot.

    At the other end of the spectrum there are a lot of 40+ yo casualties who shouldn't have been there either. The Arnhem cemeteries also have unit badges and ranks which by rights shouldn't have been near a battlefield - PTI's for example 4073431 WO II (CSM) L Morgan APTC, kia. 24 09 44, Age 38
     
  2. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

  3. I think we could asume Roy Hardy, 1 Dorsets, was on the 'Island' on the south bank of the Rhine and was involved in Operation Market Garden. The term 'Arnhem' is pretty generic for the wider area and the whole1st Airborne Division although most of the division either didn't go there, unless WIA or taken POW, or only made it to the outskirts, but relatives report family members fought, were KIA or taken POW at Anhem.
    I think initial statement is close enough for someone without a detailed knowledge on subject, which I also dont have.
    Two heros nevertheless .
     

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