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| Bols, Eric Louis Born: June 8th, 1904 Died: June 14th, 1985 Major General Commander, 6th Airborne Division Commander, 185th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Colonel in charge of training, 21st Army Group Commander, 3rd Reconnaissance Regiment General Staff Officer 51st (Highland) Infantry Division Instructor, Staff College, Camberley Ceylon Defence Force The King’s Regiment (Liverpool) Sandhurst Ofiicer Instructor, Signals School, Catterick Garrison The Devonshire Regiment Major-General Brigadier Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant | * Advance to Wismar * Operation Varsity * Battle of the Bulge * Battle of Overloon * Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine * Operation Bluecoat * Operation Goodwood * Operation Charnwood * Battle for Caen | Most Honourable Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order with Bar |  |
| Gale, Richard Nelson “Windy” Major General Lieutenant-Colonel Major Commander, I Airborne Corps Deputy Commander, First Allied Airborne Army Commander, 6th Airborne Division Deputy Director of Air Director of Staff Duties Commander, 1st Parachute Brigade Commander 2nd/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (TA), 138th Infantry Brigade, 46th Infantry Division | Operation Varsity Operation Overlord | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches (2) Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) Commander of the Legion of Honour (France) Croix de Guerre (France) Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) |  |