Pte. Edward Hird was wounded whilest defending the dropzones in the area of Jonkershoeve and taken to the perimeter in Oosterbeek where he died of his wounds on September 23. His body was never found. His wallet however was found near Jonkershoeve by the 15 year old Piet Wind from Bennekom, there where no identification papers in it and Piet kept it for 25 years until it was displayed in Stoke on Trent (UK) where a woman visiting the display saw it and fainted. It was his mother who identified the wallet and some personal items as that of her son. The wallet was returned to her. She died shortly afterwards.