Britain at War - 09.2019

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ABOVE

A view of Arnhem

taken in November

1944. The bridge
      was destroyed
      by the USAAF in
      October to prevent
      the Germans using
      it to counterattack.
      COURTESY DUTCH
      NATIONAL ARCHIVES

AIRBORNE UNIT LOSSE |ARNHEM

Operation Market Garden: Airborne Casualties

1 ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

Unit: Men in: Killed: Missing/Captured: Evacuated/Evaded:

Divisional HQ/Defence Platoon 142 14 58 70

1 ST PARACHUTE BRIGADE

HQ/Defence Platoon 82 5 74 3

1 st Parachute Battalion 548 82 377 89-108

2 nd Parachute Battalion 525 57 452 16

3 rd Parachute Battalion 588 65 495 28

1 st Airlanding Anti-tank Battery, RA 191 24 115 52

1 st Parachute Squadron, RE 143 20 110 13

16 th Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC 135 6 129 0

1 ST AIRLANDING BRIGADE

HQ/Defence Platoon 69 7 23 39

7 th King’s Own Scottish Borderers 765 112 577 76

1 st Battalion, The Border Regiment 788 121 432 235

2 nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment 767 85 558 124

181 st Airlanding Field Ambulance, RAMC 137 5 132 0

4 TH PARACHUTE BRIGADE

HQ/Defence Platoon 86 12 31 43

156 th Parachute Battalion 479 98 313 68

10 th Parachute Battalion 582 92 404 86

11 th Parachute Battalion 571 92 407 72

2 nd Airlanding Anti-tank Battery, RA 168 37 106 Unk

4 th Parachute Squadron, RE 155 19 64 72

133 rd Parachute Field Ambulance, RMAC 129 6 123 0

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