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4688364 Sergeant James Arthur Maidens

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Born on: 16 Sep 1913
Died on: 26 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 31
Buried at: No known grave. Commemorated Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery panel 8.

Rest in Peace Sergeant Maidens:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of James and Fanny Maidens; husband of Anne Maidens, of Rochdale, Lancashire.


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.