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6089922 Private Arthur John Josland

Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of operation ‘Market’
Photograph of Hero Killed In Action


Born on:
Died on: 20 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 23
Buried at: Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 1.B.12.

Rest in Peace Private Josland:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
of Frank Ernest Josland, and Minnie Josland, of Lewes, Sussex


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.