Dennis Harold Burgess
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner 14353270
Parents: Ernest Garfield and Miriam Burgess
Home address: 169 New Cheltenham Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Date of birth: 1924
Date of death: 23/09/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated at Groesbeek Memorial (Panel 2.), Gelderland, Netherlands and Kingswood Memorial
Age: 20
Further information:
2nd (Oban) Airlanding Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Dennis fought in the North West Europe Campaign. The Air landing Anti-tank regiment were tasked with protecting the glider borne troops as they mass landed in Holland at the beginning of Monty’s failed initiative Operation Market Garden. The battalion arrived in the Arnhem area on the 18th September tasked with securing bridges across the River Rhine. Dennis was reported as missing believed prisoner of war, which was later changed to killed in action, 3 days before the battalion retreated from the Battle of Arnhem. Of the original 158 men and officers, only 58 survived the operation.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/