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Soldiers of No.15 Platoon, 1st Border collect .303" ammunition boxes which were dropped inside a parapack which landed in the garden of No.16 Van Lennepweg, possibly on the 20th September. From left to right: probably CSM Gerry Stringer and Corporal Jim Swan (who would win the MM the next day), Corporal Freddie Webster (smoking a cigar. Webster would be awarded the US Silver Star for the role he played at Arnhem), Private J. Boow, Private Eric Blackwell (the Bren gunner), Unknown. Larger image. Copyright: IWM BU1107.