Robert Ellery was born and lived in Sunderland, he enlisted into The Border Regiment and volunteered for airborne forces.
Private Ellery successfully completed his Glider training and was posted to S Company, 1st (Airborne) Battalion, The Border Regt. He took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).
Pte Ellery died of wounds on 21 September 1944, aged 28. He was given a field burial in front of the Tafelberg Hotel, Oosterbeek and re-interred on 3 September 1945 to Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.
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