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1432862 Corporal Thomas Bedford

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


Born on: 16 Jan 1922
Died on: 18 Sep 1944
Died at:
Aged: 22
Buried at: First buried along Benedendorpsweg approximately 100 yards east of the Oosterbeek Church. Now Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 5.B.1.

Rest in Peace Corporal Bedford:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Edgar and Ada May Bedford, of Fratton, Portsmouth.


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