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Corporal Ron Mills of the 181 Field Ambulance, RAMC, at the grave of Trooper William Edmond, No.9 Section, "C" Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron. Note that the censor has erased the name on the cross. Edmond was one of the men wounded on the 17th September when "C" Troop was ambushed by SS Battalion Krafft en route to the bridge. He was shot through the lung as he got up and dashed for safety, and had lost a lot of blood by the time his comrades were able to drag him to cover under fire. He was taken to the dressing station at No.9 Duitsekampweg, Wolfheze, but died the following morning. Six of the seven men killed in this ambush were buried here on the Monday morning. The photograph was taken by Sergeant Mike Lewis of the Army Film and Photographic Unit. Larger image. Copyright: IWM BU1105.