875924 Private John Robert Hanson
Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of
operation ‘Market’
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Born on: 01 Jan 1921
Died on: 18 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 23
Buried at: No known grave. Commemorated
Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery panel 9.
Rest in Peace Private Hanson:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Robert William and Eva Hanson, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. He was killed while aboard Dakota 42-93001.
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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.