Sapper Stephen Francis Carr

Unit : "B" Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron

Army No. : 2135069

Awards : Military Medal

Between 18/20th September 1944, Sapper Carr was manning a Bren position in a house covering Arnhem Bridge.  Under intense machine gun fire he stayed at his post and continued firing even after his back-sight had been shot away as he fired.  He held his position when an enemy Mk III Tank fired several rounds through the wall and when the adjacent wall was blown away by a German anti-tank projector. Sapper Carr held his position continuously for three days until seriously wounded when repelling an attack by an self-propelled gun.

Throughout the operation he showed great courage and determination in defending a very dangerous posn.  He personally destroyed 11 of the enemy.

Carr spent the remainder of the war at Stalag XIB at Fallingbostel, POW number 117444.

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