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Old May 1st, 2002, 10:56 PM
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According to Cornelius Ryan the second vandeleur was called Giles A. M. (DSO) and a cousin. There is a picture of the two in his book A Bridge Too Far.

Both were lt.col.'s with the Guards Armoured. And their coloumn stopped about 6 miles from the Arnhem bridge.

[ 01 May 2002, 04:58 PM: Message edited by: Stevin Oudshoorn ]
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