A-I, J-Z, Research Ads, New Ads

The following adverts have been placed recently and are shown in the order in which they were added. This is intended for the benefit of people who check the Veterans Ads section regularly and find it difficult to sort between the new and the old in the main alphabetical A-Z list. Copies of all these adverts can also be found in the A-Z section, and will be removed from this section after a period of several months.

Pte Edward Davenport (advert placed 05/10/25)

Are there any relatives of Edward Davenport? I've been searching for Edward Davenport for over more than 60 years. He was a Red Beret, dropped in September 1944 nearby Bennekom/Oosterbeek. My father, helped him and other paratroopers to get out of the firing line near Arnhem. He evacuate them via the Dutch resistance. I'd like to get in touch with the family of Edward Davenport. I've many questions about Edward and what was happened during the fight in the centre of Arnhem and the evacuation via Ede, across the River Rhine. Elso Post, elso.post@icloud.com

Honour the 11th Parachute Battalion (advert placed 17/11/23)

Is a private group on Facebook for the next of kin of veterans of the 11th Parachute Battalion. In this group we help people with their family research and we keep alive the memory of the men that fought in the battalion during ww2. If you are related to an 11th Parachute Battalion veteran and you seek more information then please look us up on facebook and become a member.

Gnr Eric Chrystal (advert placed 24/05/22)

I am researching "Gunners from the Sky: 1st Air Landing Light Regiment in Italy and at Arnhem, 1942-1944" to be published by Pen & Sword in 2023. I am the son of 14283058 Gnr Eric Chrystal, F Troop 3 Battery who served in Italy where he was wounded) and at Arnhem as a member of the Observation Party which reached the bridge. He was taken POW here. I am trying to find out more information regarding (i) his evacuation to Malta from Campobasso where he was injured. If anyone can tell me where he is likely to have been hospitalized and any info I can get about the medical facilities there for British troops; and (ii) his time as a POW: I distinctly remember him telling me his camp was near Zwickau on the Czechoslovakian border but I can find no evidence for this or for any other Arnhem veterans who were sent there. Paul Chrystal, paul.chrystal@btinternet.com