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Pte. Alexander Chisholm
British Army 1st Btn. Border Regiment
from:South Hylton, Sunderland
Alec Chisholm served with the 1st Border Regiment, part of 1st Air Landing Brigade. He took part in invasion of Sicily, surviving when his glider landed in the Mediterranean having been cast off too early from tug.
He landed at Arnhem and was captured, he was held as a PoW at Fallingbostel.