5107147 Private Ernest Pettitt
Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of
operation ‘Market’
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Born on: 01 Jan 1916
Died on: 19 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 28
Buried at: He was first buried in the garden
of the Ter Horst house in Oosterbeek, now Arnhem Oosterbeek
War Cemetery 2.B.18.
Rest in Peace Private Pettitt:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Samuel and Amy Edith Pettit, of Nechells, Birmingham.
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.