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A British Army officer who served with the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during WW2. He led the first platoon No.17 to land at the Orne River at Ranville, later to be known as Horsa Bridge, during the opening minutes of D-Day. He took part in the landing over the River Rhine where his glider was hit by enemy fire and crash landed. He was a member of the advance party which was sent to India in August 1945 to prepare for an airborne assault in the Far East. He later served in Palestine, Cyprus, Suez Canal Zone and BAOR and was Military Assistant to the Governor of Cyprus. |
