Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Lieutenant Brotheridge is killed crossing the bridge in the first minutes of the assault and thus becomes the first member of the invading Allied armies to die in combat on D-Day. Leads the infantry capture of 2 bridges codenamed Pegasus & Horsa. 1st Allied death in Normandy
Parachutes behind enemy lines & captures Benouville, including Pegasus Bridge
Commands infantryman who land by glider & capture 2 bridges codenamed Pegasus & Horsa
Parachutes behind enemy lines & helps secure Pegasus Bridge
One of the members of the 7th Battalion reinforcements is young actor Richard Todd who would, nearly two decades later, play Major Howard in the film The Longest Day
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