270523 Captain Henry James Irwin
Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of
operation ‘Market’
Born on: 05 Sep 1916
Died on: 22 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 28
Buried at: First buried 100 yards to the west of the Hartenstein Hotel (Oosterbeek), now Arnhem Oosterbeek
War Cemetery 26.A.2.
Rest in Peace Captain Irwin:
The Revd. Henry James Irwin, Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class, Royal Army Chaplains’ Dept., attd. 11th Bn.
Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of James Thomas Irwin and Sarah Ann Irwin, of Christchurch,
Canterbury, New Zealand. B.A.
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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.