William Fifield

Situated in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is the Groesbeek Memorial.

William Fifield
Groesbeek Memorial
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The Groesbeek Memorial commemorates over 1,000 men of the Commonwealth land forces who died during the campaign in north-west Europe between the time of crossing the Seine at the end of August 1944 to the end of the war in Europe and have no known graves.

One of those commemorated on the memorial is Private William Fifield, who served with the 10^th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment. 

Initially, William enlisted with the General Service Corps before volunteering with the parachute regiment.

He undertook parachute training at RAF Ringway, between the 6^th and 20^th of December 1943, before he was posted to the “B” Company, 10^th Battalion.

William was the son of Hector McDonald and Selby Fifield, of Cwmdu.  William was killed in action on the 19^th of September 1944, aged 19.

1939 Register

At the time of the 1939 Register, William is recorded as living at Tregernydd Cottages, Swansea.  William’s occupation is listed as Tinworker.

Herald of Wales

The Herald of Wales, reported on the 14^th of October 1944, that William was reported missing.