Operation Market Garden Collection

Alan Wood, The Daily Express war correspondent with the 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Seen here typing out his copy for the paper from the safety of a trench. 20th September 1944

Men of C. Company, the Border Regiment, waiting to repulse a German attack, who were barely a hundred yards away during the battle in the Netherlands. 20th September 1944

Operation Market Garden fought in the Netherlands from 17th to 25th September 1944. The airborne part of the operation was undertaken by the First Allied Airborne Army

First pictures of the evacuated British Airborne Forces from Arhem, Holland during the Second world War. Sergeant C Bennet of the 1st Airlanding Brigade (home town Darlington)

Private Morris of Acton, London, part of the British Airborne troops in Holland, on guard at Divisional Headquarters. The Airborne flag, bearing Pegasus, the flying horse of Greek mythology

Private J. Connington of Selby, Yorkshire fighting with the 1st Allied Airborne Army in Holland with his Sten Gun. 20th September 1944

British paratrooper patrol in Oosterbeek, Netherlands on the look out for German enemy snipers during the Second World War. 20th September 1944

Villagers of Valkenswaard, south of Eindhoven, Holland, watch Allied aircraft and gliders passing overhead to support troops of the Airborne Army on the ground in Holland. 28th September 1944

Sergeant C Bennet of the 1st Airlanding Brigade (home town Darlington) who swam across the river at 05.30 hours to reach safety this morning

Citizens of Helmond, with a few belongings leaving the town to take shelter behind British lines as elements of the 29th Armoured Brigade push on through the town towards Ms. 22nd September 1944

British armoured vehicles on fire in the early stages of the Allied air and ground assault on the Netherlands. September 1944

A flight of B24 Liberators swoops in low over the Dutch countryside to drop supplies to the parachutists waiting below. The ground is dotted with collapsed chutes

British thrust into Holland in the autumn of 1944. General view as British armoury enters Valkenswaard, the first village over the Dutch border. September 1944

British Troops buying Ice Cream in Brussels. Their regiment is unknown. At this time, between 17Ð25 September 1944, Operation Market Garden saw Allied forces move from Belgium to The Netherlands

Picture shows a baby in Brussels, Belgium, wearing a bonnet with the British regiment The Royal Engineers name on it, and the colours as a ribbon below

British Troops buying Grapes in Brussels. Their regiment is unknown. At this time, between 17Ð25 September 1944, Operation Market Garden saw Allied forces move from Belgium to The Netherlands

Members of the 1st Airborne Division about to board their Horsa gliders at RAF Fairford prior to take off at the start of Operation Market Garden. 17th September 1944

First action pictures of the British airborne forces in Holland. (Picture shows) A Bren gun in positions in a wood. The two men are Private Jury of Cardiff and Private Malcolm of Liverpool

Paratroops drop earthward during landing in Holland by 1st allied Airborne army as succeeding waves of C-47s and Dakotas overhead unload more troops. 28th September 1944

Operation Market Garden 17th - 25th September 1944 Supplies are dropped to British airborne troops who landed by gliders close to the Dutch town of Arnhem

Operation Market Garden: Private A J Morgan of 143 Water Street, Port Talbot, and Private M F Thomas, of 15 Whitemill Terrace, Johnstown, Carmarthen

Picture taken from an RAF photographic reconnaissance Spitfire plane of the scene in Holland / Netherlands when the first Allied Airborne army carried out its great operation, September 1944

Four hundred men of the Airborne division who took part in the ill fated Arnhem operation / Operation Market Garden seen here marching away from Buckingham Palace after their special investiture by

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