File:Dead soldier on tank.jpg

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English: 2717391 Squadron Sergeant Major William John Parkes of No. 3 Squadron, 2nd (Armoured) Irish Guards, killed when his Sherman tank was knocked out during the advance towards Eindhoven as part of Operation 'Market-Garden'. Killed in action on 17 September 1944 aged 33, he was a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland and was later buried in Grave II.B.8 at Valkenswaard War Cemetery, situated approx 10kms south of Eindhoven and close to the Belgian border.
Date Taken on 17 September 1944
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This photograph BU 927 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-30)
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Carpenter (Sgt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

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