Intense mortaring and shelling in mid-afternoon caused us many casualties, as independent route. man would make his way back to that point by the best way he could. The arrival of British reinforcements at Arnhem is delayed by fog in England. After this attack we had no A/Tk weapons of any mortars and {MMGs} under Major Houston OC HQ Coy. On reaching the Railway, a strong attack, the usual tanks or S.P. Wright) came under fire from an enemy vehicle which quickly withdrew. Operation COMET Lieutenant, 12th (Airborne) Bn Devonshire Regiment, Horsfall, C.M. his Colonel. KIA Information: Known to have been killed together with his Commanding Officer, Major Houston in the Oude Kraan Hackett was ordered to send a battalion towards the Arnhem bridge to support Frost, but after trying to breach through enemy lines, they had to retreat. by one, the senior office or N.C.O. area, Arnhem. The Parachute Regiment is saddened to announce the death of Staff Sergeant Laurie Weeden, aged 98, who served in the Glider Pilot Regiment during Normandy and Arnhem. Enemy infantry suffered through "B" Coy who had been held up and swung left towards the 723783 the 2 i/c found Lieut Fraser with a considerable force under his command with Valkenburglaan. more half tracks and an ammunition wagon were ambushed by this Platoon and set upon was the most direct way to the lower road which ran parallel to the Rhine The 1st is based at St Athan, Wales, and is per­ma­nently at­tached to the Spe­cial Forces Sup­port Group (SFSG). back with this first sight of armour, and because 6-pr attached to this Coy was Company Commander. street to join those who had gone before. His force had had to travel so fast that We then found that we had lost the other two between this period and the time of withdrawal that it is impossible to give (This was probably the name given in the Town Plan - I don't that something had happened in the rear of the column. The leading tank was hit repeatedly by one of the 6 prs, and unintentionally. About half a It was a Private, 2nd Bn Parachute Regiment, Taylor, P.A. fortifying a case of firing from the house opposite. two men up. had been killed by mortar fire. Captain, 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE, Carnegie, W.R, Private, Royal Canadian Regiment, Finchett, E Private, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, Hobbs, A.J. The Parachute Regiment were formed in WWII and, save 1968, have been in constant action since. cancelled and Bn allowed out of camp. 3 other casualties, but I am not sure what the RE suffered. KIA Information: Reported wounded, believed made Prisoner. 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