This roll is in two parts: the men of the 11th Parachute Battalion who were killed during the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944, and a smaller number who died in training or before deployment. Both groups are listed below.

Killed at the Battle of Arnhem

5954421 Sergeant Daniel Joseph Behan

1916 - 13 Nov 1944
889000 Private George Bell

1920 - 18 Sep 1944
5509701 Private Richard Bentley

1921 - 20 Sep 1944
14408961 Private Peter Best

1925 - 18 Sep 1944
203068 Major Guy Lechmere Blacklidge

1914 - 23 Sep 1944
6148359 Private John Edward Booth

1921 - 24 Sep 1944
6922084 Private Kenneth Ernest Booth

1926 - 20 Sep 1944
4123566 Private Mark Borland

1915 - 18 Sep 1944
4449319 Lance Sergeant George Arthur Bowers

1913 - 19 Sep 1944
T/10690465 Private Thomas Brennan

1909 - 25 Sep 1944



Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton; Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom this website would not have been possible.