Date of birth:

February 28th, 1922 (St. Catharines/Ontario, Canada)

Date of death:

April 15th, 1945 (Netherlands)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: VII. Row: A. Grave: 7.

Service number:

B/132458

Nationality:

Canadian

Trooper
8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars, R.C.A.C.
5th Armd. Regt.

During the dark, early hours of April 15, the Hussars moved
into Arnhem in preparation for Operation Cleanser. The Hussars along with four other regiments were told that in four days they were to cover 30 miles and clean out the Germans from Arnhem to the banks of the huge inland sea: Zuider Zee. They were told that the terrain was mostly flat with a bit of high ground. Parts of the land was heavily wooded. During this difficult night, Lieutenant Horncastle’s tank was struck. A shell came through the front and started a fire. Hedley Bannan was the driver of this tank. He was in trouble, his clothes were burning, his co-driver had sustained a head injury and the gunner had cut his foot. The Germans continued to hit the tank. All of the men managed to get out but not Bannan. Lieutenant Horncastle succeeded in his second attempt to get back into the tank only to find Hedley Bannan dead.

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