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Kenneth William Green

Force: Coventry City Police

Rank:
Sergeant 14251832

Regiment or Service:
Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps

How they died:
Kenneth was killed on the first day of Operation ‘Market Garden’, transporting glider borne troops to Arnhem. Over 1,300 pilots landed in Holland and of these 229 were killed and 469 wounded or taken prisoner. It is believed that Kenneth survived the landings and was killed fighting with Canadian ground troops.

Burial or Memorial:
Groesbeek Memorial on Panel 8

Age at death: 22

Date of death: 19th September 1944