Memorial Glider Pilots

In remembrance of the 16 glider pilots who fought in the vicinity of the John Frost bridge from 17th to 21st September 1944.

Glider Pilot Regiment B Squadron, 19 Flight
Staff Sergeant George Sidney Baylis
Sergeant Edward Carter
Staff Sergeant Hugh Cyril Clenaghan
Lieutenant Henry Charles Livesey Cole (Killed in action)
Staff Sergeant Ronald Richard Dale
Sergeant Frank Dennis
Sergeant Godfrey John Freeman
Sergeant Basil Thomas Gault (Killed in action)
Staff Sergeant Robert Girvin
Staff Sergeant Edwin Healey
Staff Sergeant James Higginbotham
Sergeant Geoffrey Lawson (Killed in action)
2nd Lieutenant Reginald Meakin
Sergeant George Frederick Miller
Sergeant Arthur Augustus Rigby
Captain David Anderson Simpson

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Koos Winkelman

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