Hi all Currently in Arnhem trying to trace My great grandads time over here. All we know is he was a Green Howard who Trained to be a para and landed in arnhem, he had a beret and was a POW, we have found his POW number and confirmation of the above. We would love to know his regiment / battalion so we can pinpoint his landing and routes thanks in advance Jade
Hi all Currently in Arnhem trying to trace My great grandads time over here. All we know is he was a Green Howard who Trained to be a para and landed in arnhem, he had a beret and was a POW, we have found his POW number and confirmation of the above. We would love to know his regiment / battalion so we can pinpoint his landing and routes thanks in advance Jade
4389504 Frederick Nason from Doncaster, HQ Company 156 Parachute Battalion, possibly captured 20/9/44 - if you can get a copy of "From Delhi to Arnhem" it covers the Battalions formation and actions, and he is included in a photo of the Battalion Boxing team from June 1944 and is included in the nominal roll
He was captured on the 20th September. His POW cards are available at the National Archives. He flew to Arnhem on the 18th September on aircraft chalk 601 which was the same aircraft as Colonel des Voeux. The 156 still have a very active Regimental Association and meet each year in Melton Mowbray where the families of many members of the Battalion get together. This year’s reunion is on the weekend of 7th October. John O’Reilly, the author of From Delhi to Arnhem is one of the organisers.
Jade - see your other post. He was in HQ Company, 156 Parachute Battalion. He was captured on the 20th September which would suggest that he was captured in the Wolfheze area (you can get a train to Wolfheze from Arnhem Station - 2 stops). There is a very good book on the actions of the 156 Parachute Battalion called “From Delhi to Arnhem” by John O'Reilly which covers all the fighting in great detail. You can almost certainly pick up a copy at Meijer’s and Seigers bookshop in Oosterbeek (the No 1 trolley bus from Arnhem station stops virtually outside the bookshop - it’s just after the large car park on your right as you enter Oosterbeek. Just ask anybody for the Schoonoord Pub and it’s next door) - Good luck!! If you follow the signs to the War Cemetery just across the road from the bookshop you can pick up the train to Wolfheze at Oosterbeek Station. Wolfheze is a long walk and not well served by buses.
If 4389504 Frederick Nason is the correct man the casualty lists show him as being reported missing on 25.9.44 with the 146 Para regt. You need his service records: Requests for personal data and service records: a detailed guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) He was awarded the General Service medal (Palestine clasp) whilst with the 1 Bn Green Howards