4392691 Sergeant Arnold Ashworth
Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of
operation ‘Market’
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Born on: 23 Oct 1917
Died on: 18 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 26
Buried at: First buried in the
Temporary Military Cemetery on Ginkel Heath (Ede), now Arnhem
Oosterbeek War Cemetery 5.B.15.
Rest in Peace Sergeant Ashworth:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Arthur
and Nellie Ashworth, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
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.