Swanston, Jimmie

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Nationality:: British

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Sergeant-Major
Unit:: "D" Company, 7th (Galloway) Battalion, 1st Airlanding Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, British Army
Awarded on:: September 20th, 1945
Awarded for:: Operation Market Garden

For gallantry in action in September 1944 in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

Initially cited for Military Medal.

Sources

- SIGMOND, R. N., Off at Last, GSC, Wageningen, Nederland, 2009.
- The Pegasus Archive - The Battle of Arnhem Archive
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37274/supplement/4684/data.pdf

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