McMahon, William G. "Bill"
- Date of birth:
- June 21st, 1909 (United Kingdom)
- Date of death:
- 1998
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Enlisted: 16 April 1942
Home: 16 April 1942 - 16 September 1944
North Western Europe: 17 September - 28 September 1944
Home: 29 September 1944 - 14 June 1945
Norway: 15 June - 24 July 1945
Home: 25 July 1945
Released under Class "B" Release Scheme on 26 February 1946 as Sergeant.
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Unit:
- No. 13 Platoon, "D" Company, 7th (Galloway) Battalion, 1st Airlanding Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- May 10th, 1945
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Richard Webster
- - SIGMOND, R. N., Off at Last, GSC, Wageningen, Nederland, 2009.
- The Pegasus Archive - The Battle of Arnhem Archive
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37072/supplement/2462/data.pdf
- Documents and photographs provided by family
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