PARAS Grayburn, John Hollington (Jack)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Grayburn ​

• FORENAME

John Hollington (Jack) ​

• UNIT

2 Bn (A Company) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

149002 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th September 1944 ​

• AGE

26 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery,Netherlands 13.C.11 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 30.1.1918 Manora Island,Karachi Harbour,India​

resided Buckinghamshire​

son of Lionel Markham and Gertrude Grayburn,Roughwood Farm,Chalfont St Giles​

husband of Dorothy Constance Marcelle (nee Chambers) Grayburn,Helensburgh,​

Dunbartonshire (married 1942) (1 son John)​

educated Sherborne School 1927-35​

"foreign staff junior",London office,Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank​

commissioned 1 (London) Cadet Force,Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)​

7 Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry​

2 Bn Parachute Regiment 1943-44​

award V.C.​

remains found 1948​

KIA Arnhem​

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