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220010 Fred Hodges D Company Border Regiment (d.18th Sep1944) My father, Fred Hodges, also served with 20 Platoon of The Border Regiment D Company at Arnhem. I came across the comment about Stan Sears on your website in which the writer said that no information was known about the death of Sgt. Sears at Arnhem on 18th September 1944. On our occasional visits to Arnhem he did mention Stan and talked about the circumstances of his death. On the second day of the battle the Company was moving to new positions by the village of Heelsum. Germans were spotted moving on the other side of a shallow cutting. It is apparent that the Germans has also spotted the British troops and they opened fire, killing Pte. Joe Walker. My father then said that Stan had to put himself in harm's way to find out where mortar and rifle fire should be targeted. It was in doing this that he was shot and my father believed that he died almost immediately. My father spoke of the bravery of Stan in doing the job that had to be done. My father and I visited Heelsum some years ago and he recognised where the action had taken place. The locality between the two lines is now occupied by a school. It is a quiet and peaceful place, in stark contrast to those fateful days in 1944. I hope that this gives some comfort to the relatives of Sgt. Stanley Sears. Ron Hodges Add to this record.  Related Content: 1st Battalion, Border Regiment Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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