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Article: STILL OUR HEROES; (1) HOW I SEE IT (2) On Arnhem's 60th anniversary, the haunting story of the extraordinary children keeping alive the memories of the British soldiers slaughtered for the sake of a bridge too far.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2004
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Byline: ROBERT HARDMAN
TROOPER William Edmond never goes without flowers. He might have died 60 years ago in a foreign land, far from home, far from family, at the age of 27. But his death was also mourned by a little Dutch girl who never knew him.
Today, she is a grandmother. Yet, with a tear in her eye, she still keeps a tender watch over the soldier who came from the sky to set her free.
Corporal Joe Simpson never made it back, either. He was 29 when a Panzer shell dictated that he, too, would spend eternity abroad. He is still among loved ones, though. Shortly after his death, a local schoolboy embraced his grave and his memory. And the ...