History teacher Dirk Paagman, of Vught in Holland, is seeking a photograph of a South Lakeland World War II hero

I AM trying to find a photograph of a Preston Patrick soldier, who played a pivotal part in the liberation of Schijndel in Holland during World War II.

I am a teacher of history at Maurick College, in Vught, Holland. I was born in Schijndel, where many relatives and friends of mine currently live. I have been writing a book for two years on the liberation of Schijndel during World War II.

The book consist of two parts. Firstly, it is about American paratroopers of the first and third battalion of the 501 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, who landed on the moorlands of Schijndel during Operation Market Garden on September 17, 1944.

Their objective was to defend the bridges in Veghel and make sure the corridor was safe. The 501 PIR fought very hard in the vicinity of Veghel and they went to Schijndel on September 22 and 23 to fight against the Germans (among which the 59th German division).

The second part of the story is about the 51st Highland Division, which took the American lines over in October 1944 near Veghel and attacked Schijndel on October 23, 1944, during Operation Colin, as a part of Operation Pheasant, with the objective of liberating the rest of the south of the One of the fighting units (a regiment of the 51st Highland Division) was the 5th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

They were given the task of taking the German positions west of Schijndel from midnight at the small village of Wijbosch. It became a bloody affair. Of the four attacking companies 11 British troops were killed and 60 men were severely wounded, some of whom died from their injuries within a few days.

One of the officers who led the attack on the German positions at Schijndel was Lieutenant Richard Antony Iremonger.

He was the son of Richard and Mabel Gray Iremonger. They lived in Preston Patrick.

Lieutenant Richard Iremonger was 29 years old when he died near the railroad from bullets fired by a German machinegun and he was buried with his 11 friends at a farm near the village of Sint Oedenrode.

He received a temporary field grave until 1946 before he was reburied at the Uden War Cemetery in Uden.

I would like to find a photograph of Lieutenant Richard Antony Iremonger. because I would really like to know how he looked like.

It would be an honour if I could incorporate his photograph and his story in my book about the liberation of Schijndel.

Can anyone help me to find any family members or photographs?

I can be contacted by email at D.Paagman@maurickcollege.nl