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T/10690465 Private Thomas Brennan

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


Born on: 27 May 1909
Died on: 25 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 34
Buried at: First buried in an open field north of Heelsum along Klein-Amerikaweg, now Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 29.B.4.

Rest in Peace Private Brennan:
R.A.S.C., attd. 11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
. Son of Joseph and Alice Brennan; husband of Winefred Edith Brennan, of Crosby Green, Liverpool.


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.