Lieutenant-Colonel John William Place.
He was the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Wing of the Glider Pilot Regiment of the 6th Airborne Division, that landed behind German lines during the D-Day landings in Normandy, on 6th June 1944.
He had previously been involved in the glider landings in Sicily, in July and August 1943.
He was also in charge of the 1st Airborne Division landing at Arnhem in September 1944.
"A Bridge Too Far".
See
Glider Pilot Regiment
Following the War, he was appointed Managing Director of Beechams Laboratories in Ireland.
The headstone notes that at the time of his death, he was living at "Mallard", Kill Lane, Foxrock, Co. Dublin.
He married Phyllis Whitehead in 1933, in Aldershot.
They had four children.
He subsequently married Catherine.
They had four children, one of whom died a day after birth.
His name is included in
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
He was the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Wing of the Glider Pilot Regiment of the 6th Airborne Division, that landed behind German lines during the D-Day landings in Normandy, on 6th June 1944.
He had previously been involved in the glider landings in Sicily, in July and August 1943.
He was also in charge of the 1st Airborne Division landing at Arnhem in September 1944.
"A Bridge Too Far".
See
Glider Pilot Regiment
Following the War, he was appointed Managing Director of Beechams Laboratories in Ireland.
The headstone notes that at the time of his death, he was living at "Mallard", Kill Lane, Foxrock, Co. Dublin.
He married Phyllis Whitehead in 1933, in Aldershot.
They had four children.
He subsequently married Catherine.
They had four children, one of whom died a day after birth.
His name is included in
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
Lieutenant-Colonel John William Place.
He was the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Wing of the Glider Pilot Regiment of the 6th Airborne Division, that landed behind German lines during the D-Day landings in Normandy, on 6th June 1944.
He had previously been involved in the glider landings in Sicily, in July and August 1943.
He was also in charge of the 1st Airborne Division landing at Arnhem in September 1944.
"A Bridge Too Far".
See
Glider Pilot Regiment
Following the War, he was appointed Managing Director of Beechams Laboratories in Ireland.
The headstone notes that at the time of his death, he was living at "Mallard", Kill Lane, Foxrock, Co. Dublin.
He married Phyllis Whitehead in 1933, in Aldershot.
They had four children.
He subsequently married Catherine.
They had four children, one of whom died a day after birth.
His name is included in
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
He was the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Wing of the Glider Pilot Regiment of the 6th Airborne Division, that landed behind German lines during the D-Day landings in Normandy, on 6th June 1944.
He had previously been involved in the glider landings in Sicily, in July and August 1943.
He was also in charge of the 1st Airborne Division landing at Arnhem in September 1944.
"A Bridge Too Far".
See
Glider Pilot Regiment
Following the War, he was appointed Managing Director of Beechams Laboratories in Ireland.
The headstone notes that at the time of his death, he was living at "Mallard", Kill Lane, Foxrock, Co. Dublin.
He married Phyllis Whitehead in 1933, in Aldershot.
They had four children.
He subsequently married Catherine.
They had four children, one of whom died a day after birth.
His name is included in
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
Bio by: John
Inscription
Right Panel.
In Loving Memory
MADELINA MARY PLACE
died October 12th 1960
daughter of
JOHN A. and MARY C. PLACE
of Rosemount, New Ross, Co. Wexford.
ROBERT
22nd to 23rd March 1974
beloved infant son of
JOHN W. and CATHERINE PLACE
R. I. P.
Centre Panel.
In Most Loving Memory Of
MARY ANASTASIA PLACE
wife of the late Captain EDMOND BYRNE PLACE
of New Ross, Co. Wexford. (D.C. Uganda)
born 11th November 1869, died 5th January 1957
and of PHYLLIS (née WHITEHEAD)
beloved wife of Lt.Col. JOHN W. PLACE
"Mallard", Kill Lane, Foxrock,
born 17th July 1911, died 27th December 1963
JOHN W. PLACE
son of Capt. EMOND B. and MARY A. PLACE
born 23rd January 1911, died 7th July 1992
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