Operation Market Garden: A Bridge Too Far Operation Market Garden began on 17th September 1944. On the first day, the tanks of the Irish Guards who made up part of XXX Corps set off for Eindhoven. Previous Next Remembering the Fallen Samuel Cassidy Private | 14207764 Private Samuel Cassidy of Belfast died as a result of a tragic accident during Operation Market Garden between 20th-21st September 1944. Edward Lindsay Darrell Warrant Officer | 422693 Warrant Officer Edward Lindsay Darrell served in Fermanagh with the Royal New Zealand Air Force at his time of death on 21st September 1944. John Mallon Hamilton Private | 5109896 John Mallon Hamilton of Belfast landed with The Parachute Regiment near Oosterbeek where he sustained fatal wounds on 21st September 1944. Robert Percy Flight Sergeant | 1077628 Flight Sergeant Robert Percy of Ballymena, Co. Antrim died over Arnhem on 21st September 1944 on a day of great loss for R.A.F. 190 Squadron.
