20 September 1944 (aged 26) Arnhem, German-occupied Netherlands
Buried
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Arnhem, Netherlands
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1940–1944 †
Rank
Captain (posthumous)
Service number
149002
Unit
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Parachute Regiment
Commands held
2 Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
Battles/wars
Second World War
Western Front
Operation Market Garden
Battle of Arnhem †
Awards
Victoria Cross
Captain John Hollington Grayburn VC (30 January 1918 – 20 September 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Born in 1918, Grayburn was educated at Sherborne School[1] in Dorset and joined the Army Cadet Force before the outbreak of the Second World War. He was initially commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and later joined the Parachute Regiment. At the age of 26 he went into action in the Battle of Arnhem where he was part of the small force that was able to reach Arnhem road bridge. Between 17 and 20 September he led his platoon, and later the remnants of a battalion, in the defence of the small British perimeter around the bridge, but was killed after standing up in full view of a German tank in order to direct his men to new positions.
Grayburn is buried in the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, and his Victoria Cross is displayed at the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum in England.
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