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14646546 Private Kenneth Rhymes

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


Born on: 01 Jan 1924
Died on: 21 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 20
Buried at: First buried in the garden of a house in Ploegseweg (Oosterbeek), now Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 26.B.20.

Rest in Peace Private Rhymes:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Walter Thomas Rhymes and Cora Annie Rhymes, of Golders Green, Middlesex.


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