Mark, This is my personal opinion....it is known where this photo was taken to almost the exact inch but I've met and spoken with about 50 people who claim they have a relative in this photo and various books give names (all different!) to who are in it.......regretfully no names were taken at the time...... May I suggest you make your own conclusions......
Hi Mark. You may want to have a look at this thread. All the best................ http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/books-films-tv-radio/17629-delhi-arnhem-john-oreilly.html
...........and this one. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/books-films-tv-radio/18186-arnhem-1st-british-airborne-division-op-market-garden-book-collection-149.html#post336086
On a different note my favourite Arnhem picture is the Para P.O.W putting a two fingured salute to the camera.
On a different note my favourite Arnhem picture is the Para P.O.W putting a two fingured salute to the camera. Lt. Jack Reynolds of S Company, 2nd South Staffs................
www.market-garden.info also on face book i have set up a south staffordshire regiment ancestors my grandad fought at oosterbeek perimeter 25 members so far i have been concious of who iv aloud on it but has your all into it. add me and ask to join. paul harding its not just south staffords on there lots of information have a few paras on civies. even have german information on there. regards paul harding
thanks so much that clears it up! Mark I guess the answer you're looking for mate is no, they haven't been positively identified. As some people have said, a lot of veterans have claimed it was them in the pic and there have been numerous theories as to who it could have been but I guess we'll never know for sure. The only thing about the picture which is certain is the location where it was taken. All the best.............
www.market-garden.info also on face book i have set up a south staffordshire regiment ancestors my grandad fought at oosterbeek perimeter 25 members so far i have been concious of who iv aloud on it but has your all into it. add me and ask to join. paul harding its not just south staffords on there lots of information have a few paras on civies. even have german information on there. regards paul harding That's a very good site Paul. It's run by a member of the forum! .........
As a new poster, this topic caught my eye as I attended the funeral last week of one of the men in the picture being discussed. He was/is the man on the left, Sig. George Parry who died aged 94 just before Christmas in Cannnock, Staffs. The funeral was covered on Central TV and their use of the pic named him and Lt. Jack Reynolds making the rather un-officer gesture. George, also a Sicily vet, was taken to Germany and later to Czechoslovakia. I hope this clears up any mystery...
As a new poster, this topic caught my eye as I attended the funeral last week of one of the men in the picture being discussed. He was/is the man on the left, Sig. George Parry who died aged 94 just before Christmas in Cannnock, Staffs. The funeral was covered on Central TV and their use of the pic named him and Lt. Jack Reynolds making the rather un-officer gesture. George, also a Sicily vet, was taken to Germany and later to Czechoslovakia. I hope this clears up any mystery... Hello Chris and welcome to the forum. Do you mean this George Parry? http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/airborne/41730-ex-war-prisoner-arnhem-veteran-george-parry-dies.html
Don't know if this is mentioned in the other ww2 threads that are linked it is late at night hehe but in the Osprey book it says they are from the Glider pilot regiment.
Yes, that's the chap who was my wife's uncle. He had told of the gestures which his Lt. was making (more than one!) and had suggested to the officer that it might be an idea to not continue as the Germans were getting irritated and they had the guns. And yes he was in gliders. PS Thanks for the welcome but I'm not sure I can add much to you experts!
Sorry, it is genuinely not my idea to monopolise this site or subject but I've just remembered that I would like to have the/a book in which the pic in question appears. Can you give me a steer on it? I don't mind from whose perspective it is written but needs to be in English.
If you are referring to the Reynolds picture taken on the Utrechtsestraat in western Arnhem it has bene used in several publications including Arnhem The Airborne Battle, Operation Market Garden Then and Now and By Land Sea and Air..... the first two mentioned are 'general' books whilst the last concentrates on the 2nd South Staffs which Jack was an officer in......
Sorry, it is genuinely not my idea to monopolise this site or subject but I've just remembered that I would like to have the/a book in which the pic in question appears. Can you give me a steer on it? I don't mind from whose perspective it is written but needs to be in English. Hello Chris, If you're talking about the staged pic of the four guys walking towards the camera it appears in numerous "Arnhem" books. I'd personally recommend getting a copy of "From Delhi to Arnhem" by John O'Reilly (ISBN number 9780956044402). It can be obtained through various book sites such as ABEBooks, Amazon etc or you can go "straight to the horse's mouth" as it were, here: 156 Parachute Battalion From Delhi To Arnhem a book by John O'Reilly Chris, I don't know if you've looked at the other threads on here regarding the identity of the people in the picture but I think it would be worthwhile to. Please don't take this the wrong way but I don't think it is George Parry in the picture. Comparing the pic of George I posted to the guy on the far left in the staged photo, I just don't think they are the same person. As I said, please don't think I'm being disrespectful to George or his family in any way, I just feel that this particular picture is going to be one of those where the identity of the fellas is never truly known. All the best.............
I just read the book of the Dutch boy in the German Waffen-SS. He was initially under command of Krafft but later involved in the fightings in the area of the Elisabeth Hospital, wich he describes as a "Slaughter". He took 4 para's who were in a trench POW by supprise. One of the para's tried to point his rifle on him but he kicked it away. The Para said: Sorry SS and Heil Hitler and he made a obscene gesture with the machine gun of the SS soldier pointed at him. Probably there are many more of these courageous stories. Ron..