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Sydney Graham has submitted the following:

7266931 Private Robbie Kennedy was a soldier with 225 Parachute Field Ambulance, part of 5 Infantry Brigade, which took part in Operation Varsity, the crossing of the Rhine in 1945. The troops were transported to their landing zones by glider and, on reaching enemy territory were subjected to intense enemy fire. 5 Infantry Brigade landed at Diersfordtwald, an area of forest and heath northwest of the town of Wesel, on 24th March 1945 and gained their objectives fairly quickly but they sustained many casualties, amongst them Robbie Kennedy. Private Kennedy is buried in the Reichswald Commonwealth War Cemetery near Kleve in Germany.

Robert Kennedy is remembered in West Sleekburn on W34.01

The CWGC entry for Private Kennedy