Editing A Bridge Too Far (film) (section)

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| [[Dirk Bogarde]] || [[Lieutenant-General]] [[Frederick Browning|Frederick 'Boy' Browning]] || {{n/a}} || [[General officer commanding|GOC]] [[I Airborne Corps (United Kingdom)|I British Airborne Corps]], and at [[Headquarters|HQ]] [[First Allied Airborne Army]] as its [[Second-in-command|deputy commander]], [[British Army]] at Nijmegen.
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| [[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]] || Lieutenant-General [[Brian Horrocks]] || {{n/a}} || GOC, XXX Corps,{{efn|Carried the primary responsibility for the 'Garden' ground offensive part of the operation}} British [[Second Army (United Kingdom)|Second Army]].<ref>Fox had known General Horrocks as a friend before working on the film and took care to portray him accurately. Later he would cite this as his favourite film role. {{Citation|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/attenborough/bridgefar.html |title=A Bridge Too Far (1977) British Film Institute |access-date=October 19, 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312084607/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/attenborough/bridgefar.html |archive-date=March 12, 2008}}</ref>
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| [[Sean Connery]] || [[Major General|Major-General]] [[Roy Urquhart]] || {{n/a}} || GOC, [[1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)|1st British Airborne Division]], Arnhem
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| [[Donald Douglas (Scottish actor)|Donald Douglas]] || [[Brigadier]] [[Gerald Lathbury]] || {{n/a}} || Brigade Commander, 1st Parachute Brigade, British Army in Arnhem.
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| [[Gerald Sim]]|| [[Colonel]] Sims || Arthur Austin Eagger<ref>O.B.E. (Military Division) of the Order "in recognition of gallant and, distinguished services in Sicily" Supplement to The London Gazette, March 23, 1944</ref>|| Senior Medical Officer, 1st Airborne Corps, RAMC, British Army. 
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| Richard Kane || Colonel Weaver || Graeme Warrack||Senior Medical Officer, Headquarters RAMC, 1st British Airborne Division, at the Main Dressing Station in the Schoonoord Hotel of the Oosterbeek Perimeter.
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| Philip Raymond || Colonel McEwan || Edward H. Goulburn||C.O. 2nd Armoured Grenadier Guards Battalion.
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| [[Michael Caine]]|| [[Lieutenant Colonel|Lieutenant-Colonel]] [[Joe Vandeleur|J.O.E. Vandeleur]]|| {{n/a}} || CO, 3rd Battalion (Infantry), the [[Irish Guards]], the [[Guards Armoured Division]], [[XXX Corps (United Kingdom)|XXX Corps]], British Army
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| [[Anthony Hopkins]] || Lieutenant-Colonel [[John Frost (British Army officer)|John Frost]] || {{n/a}} || Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, [[1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Parachute Brigade]], 1st British Airborne Division at Arnhem road bridge
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| [[Michael Byrne (actor)|Michael Byrne]] || Lieutenant-Colonel [[Giles Vandeleur]] || {{n/a}} ||Acting CO, 2nd Battalion (Armoured), the Irish Guards, the British Guards Armoured Division. Cousin to 'Joe'.
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| [[Donald Pickering]] || Lieutenant-Colonel C.B. MacKenzie || {{n/a}} || Principal General Staff Officer (Chief of Staff), Headquarters, 1st Airborne Division, British Army, Divisional HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel
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| [[Christopher Good]]|| [[Major (rank)|Major]] Harry Carlyle ||[[Digby Tatham-Warter|Allison Digby Tatham-Warter]].||Officer Commanding, A Company, 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, 1st Parachute Brigade, Arnhem.<ref>The major did not die of wounds at Brigade HQ but was taken prisoner, moved to the St Elizabeth Hospital and later conducted an escape (Operation Pegasus) with the Dutch Resistance to bring out 138 escapees of the battle, returning to his post with the remnants of his company ''Evasion Report: 21st September – 23rd October 1944'' ([http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/RepPegasus.htm www.pegasusarchive.org])</ref> 
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| [[Frank Grimes]] || Major Fuller || [[Brian Urquhart]]||G-2 (Intelligence Officer) for the 1st Airborne Corps,<ref>Ambrose et al 1999, p.132</ref> British Army stationed at the HQ located in [[Moor Park (house)|Moor Park Golf Club]], [[Hertfordshire]], England.
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| [[Stephen Moore (actor)|Stephen Moore]]|| Major Robert Steele||[[Anthony Deane-Drummond|Anthony Deane–Drummond]] ||Second–in–command of the divisional signals for [[1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)|1st Airborne Division]], later attached to [[1st Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Parachute Brigade]]. 
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| [[John Stride]] || [[Grenadier Guards]] Major || [[Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington|Captain Lord Carrington]]||British Grenadier Guards Commander who argues with Major Cook after 82nd capture Nijmegen Bridge. 
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| [[Michael Graham Cox]]|| [[Captain]] [[Jimmy Cleminson]]|| {{n/a}} || T/Capt., 5 Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, British Army, Arnhem
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| [[Keith Drinkel]] || [[Lieutenant]] Cornish|| Eric MacKay||9th Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers, 1st Airborne Division. 
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| [[Denholm Elliott]] || [[RAF]] Meteorology Officer || {{n/a}} ||
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| [[Jeremy Kemp]] || RAF Briefing Officer || {{n/a}} || RAF, although the briefing probably took place at the 1st Airborne Corps HQ in [[Moor Park (house)|Moor Park Golf Club]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
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| Mark Sheridan || [[Sergeant]] Tomblin || {{n/a}} || 2nd Battalion, 1st Parachute Brigade, 1st British Airborne Division
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| [[George Innes]] || Sergeant MacDonald || {{n/a}} || British 1st Airborne Division radio operator at the Hartenstein Hotel
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| [[Alun Armstrong]] || [[Corporal]] Davies|| {{n/a}} ||2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, 1st Parachute Brigade, 1st British Airborne Division
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| [[Paul Copley]] || [[Private (rank)|Private]] Wicks || Dennis Wicks || [[Batman (military)|Batman]] to Lieutenant Colonel Frost, CO, 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, British Army
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| [[Ben Cross]]|| [[Trooper (rank)|Trooper]] Binns || {{n/a}} || 2nd Battalion, 1st Parachute Brigade, 1st British Airborne Division
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| [[David Auker]] || 'Taffy' Brace || {{n/a}} || Medic, 1st British Airborne Division
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