Corporal James Swan MM

{ Jim }

Service History

Date not known
1st (Airborne) Battalion, The Border Regiment (Corporal)

Operations

Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal and river crossings between Eindhoven and Arnhem.

Event

Norway (Operation Doomsday)

Maj Gen Urquhart received his orders in the midst of a Division reorganization.

Event

Sicily (Operation Husky)

Speed was essential to prevent the consolidation of Italian and German defences facing a rapid pincer movement launched from the west and south east immediately after the amphibious landings. Key bridges and ports were to be captured by airborne assault.

Decorations

MM

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Corporal James Swan MM

{ Jim }

Service History

Operations

Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

Norway (Operation Doomsday)

Sicily (Operation Husky)

Decorations

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Corporal James Swan MM

{ Jim }

Service History

Operations

Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

Norway (Operation Doomsday)

Sicily (Operation Husky)

Decorations

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