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

2040611 Staff Sergeant/Colour Sergeant Richard Roberts

1918 - 21 Sep 1944
153556 Private John Arthur Rogers

- 29 Sep 1944
124276 Captain Terence Patrick Walter Rogers

1914 - 20 Sep 1944
249830 Lieutenant James Fraser Rogerson

1923 - 25 Sep 1944
3392014 Private Robert Ronson

- 24 Sep 1944
3957768 Private John Bonner Scudamore

1915 - 08 Mar 1945
6025798 Signalman William Thomas Patrick Shaw

1922 - 24 Sep 1944
6922703 Private James Frederick Smith

- 25 Sep 1944
7264535 Private William John Snow

- 26 May 1945
315709 2nd Lieutenant Wilfred Henry Speke

1914 - 21 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.