9th Field Company

The 21 men listed below, one-half of No.1 Platoon of the 9th Field Company, were all killed together with their glider pilots, S/Sgt Leonard Gardner and Sgt Robert Fraser, when their Horsa broke up over England shortly after take-off. These were the first fatal casualties of the Battle of Arnhem.

Date	Name	Rank	Age
17/09/44	ALLEN, Roy H.	L/Sgt	31
17/09/44	BEALE, Joseph C.	Spr	18
17/09/44	BURROWS, William H.	L/Cpl	29
17/09/44	CALVERT, Cyril W.	Spr	25
17/09/44	CARNEY, Robert	Spr	23
17/09/44	CLAMPITT, Arthur L.	Cpl	24
17/09/44	CUTHBERTSON, Arthur	Spr	24
17/09/44	DAVIS, Frederick A. S.	Spr	26
17/09/44	EVANS, John	Spr	25
17/09/44	FERNYHOUGH, John	Spr	24
17/09/44	GODFREY, Edward J.	Spr	25
17/09/44	HALL, Arthur	Spr	-
17/09/44	HOLTHAM, Douglas E.	Spr	25
17/09/44	OAKEY, Arthur F.	Sgt	30
17/09/44	PICKBURN, Edward V.	L/Cpl	27
17/09/44	SHEPPARD, Edward E.	Spr	21
17/09/44	STREET, Arthur R.	Spr	22
17/09/44	TURNER, Cyril	Spr	27
17/09/44	WATT, Arthur G.	Spr	26
17/09/44	WESTFIELD, Jack	Spr	32
17/09/44	WILLIAMSON, John S.	Spr	25

Date	Name	Rank	Age	Remarks
17/09/44	HOLDSTOCK, Raymond F.	Spr	30	-
17/09/44	TIMMINS, Roy E. J. W.	Lt	23	(ref.)
18/09/44	GREIG, Peter	Spr	41	(ref.)
18/09/44	RUSSELL, Ronald V.	Spr	24	NKG, Link
18/09/44	TAKLE, William T. N.	L/Cpl	27	(ref.)
19/09/44	CLOSE, Joseph H.	Spr	24	NKG, Link
19/09/44	ROGERS, William J. R.	Spr	29	NKG
19-20/09/44	TROUSE, Robert G. W.	Spr	23	NKG
20/09/44	COTTLE, Arthur A.	Spr	25	NKG, Link
20/09/44	PINK, Henry A.	Cpl	28	(ref.)
21/09/44	GWILLIAM, Gilbert R. J.	Dvr	23	-
21/09/44	MORRIS, Thomas O.	Spr	26	-
23/09/44	KELLY, John M.	Spr	25	-
23/09/44	RYDER, James G.	L/Sgt	23	-
24/09/44	BINYON, Roger B.	Capt	30	NKG, (ref.), Link
24/09/44	LAWSON, Alec	Spr	24	NKG
24/09/44	SNOW, Henry E.	S/Sgt	25	-
25/09/44	ASHWORTH, Norman B.	Cpl	25	-
25/09/44	CLARKE, Kenneth	Spr	24	-
25/09/44	EVANS, Robert F. E.	Cpl	26	-
25-26/09/44	MAY, George H.	Spr	22	-
25-26/09/44	SHELLEY, Louis F.	Spr	30	-
29/11/44	EVERITT, John	Spr	23	-
22/04/45	TURTON, Bernard E.	Spr	25	NKG, Link