In Memory Of

BLEICHROEDER, TIMOTHY ALEXANDER

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1922-01-07
Service No:
 14623928
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 21st Indep. Coy.
Regiment:
 The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
Date of Death:
 1944-09-25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Operation Market Garden, during the retreat to the Rhine. Veteran Harry Ford was with Bleach as they tried to cross the Rhine; Ford was badly wounded in the neck and passed out. Bleach had said he would try to escape into the marshes. When he came to, Ford was a POW and never saw Bleach again. Ford says the Germans had said they would kill all Pathfinders if captured.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 9.
Cemetery:
 GROESBEEK MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Gelderland
Country:
 Netherlands
Additional Information
Son of Bernard and Julie Bleichroeder. Born South Africa. (served as T. A. BLEACH). Brother of Beate Robertson and Irene Wright. Born Hamburg, Germany, into a banking family - came to UK 1936, interned 1940, deported to Australia on Dunera , joined 229 Coy. Pioneer Corps in January 1942 at Ilfracombe, then Paratroops fighting in North Africa and Italy before Arnhem. Letter and photo from sister Irene. His medals were donated to the AJEX Museum by his family in 1998. ref. UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 ***Jewish