Personal information | |
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Age | 26 |
Nationality | British |
Date / place of birth | 23-04-1918 |
Military information | |
Army Number | 2094357 |
Rank | Spr. |
Function | Sapper |
Platoon / Troop / Flight | C Troop |
Company / Squadron | 1st Parachute Squadron |
Unit / Group | Unknown |
Division / Transport / Command | 1st Airborne Division |
Regiment | Corps of Royal Engineers |
Death information | |
Died when | 20-9-1944 |
Died where | Oosterbeek |
Spot | In a trench on the grounds of Sonnenberg House, Oosterbeek |
Map reference | Unknown |
Burial Location | No known grave |
Grave number | Unknown |
Field grave image | Click to view Close |
Miscellaneous information | |
Personal notes | |
Henry Miller (Jock) Sherwood was killed on 20 September 1944 by a mortar bomb landing in his slit trench after having just been relieved from manning a Bren gun position with Spr Thomas Hicks and since then officially missing in action. In 1991 his remains were found in the very same slit trench and subsequently exhumed by the Netherlands Army�s Recovery & Identification Unit (RIU). Despite a Royal Engineers cap badge having been found, sadly at that time the remains could not be identified, due to the absence of dental treatment cards at the Army Records Office. His remains were interred in Oosterbeek War Cemetery in 1993, in grave marked: �a soldier of the Corps of Royal Engineers, known unto God�. The case was reopened in 2005 and Henry Sherwood was successfully identified, his death was confirmed by ex-Spr Thomas Hicks eye witness account. On Wednesday 16 September 2015 a new headstone was placed and a re-dedication ceremony was commenced supported by his family, a party of the 23rd Parachute Engineer Regiment, and ex sapper Thomas Hicks who witnessed his death in 1944. | |
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Personal information | |
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Age | 26 |
Nationality | British |
Date / place of birth | 23-04-1918 |
Military information | |
Army Number | 2094357 |
Rank | Spr. |
Function | Sapper |
Platoon / Troop / Flight | C Troop |
Company / Squadron | 1st Parachute Squadron |
Unit / Group | Unknown |
Division / Transport / Command | 1st Airborne Division |
Regiment | Corps of Royal Engineers |
Death information | |
Died when | 20-9-1944 |
Died where | Oosterbeek |
Spot | In a trench on the grounds of Sonnenberg House, Oosterbeek |
Map reference | Unknown |
Burial Location | No known grave |
Grave number | Unknown |
Field grave image | Click to view Close |
Miscellaneous information | |
Personal notes | |
Henry Miller (Jock) Sherwood was killed on 20 September 1944 by a mortar bomb landing in his slit trench after having just been relieved from manning a Bren gun position with Spr Thomas Hicks and since then officially missing in action. In 1991 his remains were found in the very same slit trench and subsequently exhumed by the Netherlands Army�s Recovery & Identification Unit (RIU). Despite a Royal Engineers cap badge having been found, sadly at that time the remains could not be identified, due to the absence of dental treatment cards at the Army Records Office. His remains were interred in Oosterbeek War Cemetery in 1993, in grave marked: �a soldier of the Corps of Royal Engineers, known unto God�. The case was reopened in 2005 and Henry Sherwood was successfully identified, his death was confirmed by ex-Spr Thomas Hicks eye witness account. On Wednesday 16 September 2015 a new headstone was placed and a re-dedication ceremony was commenced supported by his family, a party of the 23rd Parachute Engineer Regiment, and ex sapper Thomas Hicks who witnessed his death in 1944. | |
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