Award Mentioned in Despatches Lt. R.H. Garnett, Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)

brithm · Jan 23, 2024

Award Mentioned in Despatches Lt. Robert Hugh Garnett, E Squadron, No. 2 Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment (172350)

Lt. GARNETT was dropped at ARNHEM on 24th September 1944 and was wounded in the back and arm. With other seriously wounded, he was sent to a German occupied hospital at OOSTERBEEK.

Although wounded, Lt. GARNETT jumped from a moving train en route for Germany, but was soon recaptured, and subsequently imprisoned in OFLAG IX A/H, SPANGENBURG.

Lt. GARNETT with another Officer, broke away from the line of march at WANFRIED in April 1945 and hid for a week before the arrival of the American 3rd Army.
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WO 373/102/395

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