On 18 May 1943 Lieutenant W P C Crawford transferred to the Prarachute Regiment, Army Air Corps.He retained his rank and seniority as per the London Gazette, dated 5 October 1943.
During Operation Market Garden Lieutenant W P C Crawford was the intelligence officer for the 11th Battalion, Parachute Regiment. During the heay fighting Lieutenant Crawford was captured and spent the rest of the war as a POW.
London Gazette
Who was who at Arnhem complied by C van Roekel
