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63580 Major Daniel Webber "Dan"

Picture of Soldier of 11th Parachute Battalion

Born: 10 Dec 1913
Died: 31 Jul 1993
Age at death: 79 years, 7 months, and 21 days

Company: HQ
Section: HQ
Parachute Course: CH01

Prisoner of War — No. 00552

Captured at Arnhem, 19 Sep 1944

  • Dulag Hadamar — Hadamar, Hessen-Nassau, 26 Sep 1944 – 10 Oct 1944
  • Oflag 79 — Braunschweig, 16 Oct 1944 – 12 Apr 1945

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.