{"id":5220,"date":"2020-09-09T10:57:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T10:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5220"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:50:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:50:05","slug":"eden-roffer-james","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/eden-roffer-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Eden, Roffer James"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Roffer James Eden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Leading Aircraftman, 6080 Light Warning Unit<br>Service number 1209750<br>Died 20 Sep 1944<br>Buried Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery<br>Age 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8216;IN LOVING MEMORY. EVER IN THE THOUGHTS OF HIS WIFE, SON, MOTHER, BROTHERS &amp; SISTERS&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Roffer was born Jacob Eckstein on 28 September 1912 in Lambeth to Samuel and Annie Eckstein. He changed his name after 1939 when he enlisted. Roffer married Annie Aronin in 1938 and the 1939 Register shows them living at 12 Colville Gardens, Kensington where he worked as a fur cutter. Their son Howard was born in 1944 a few months before Roffer&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roffer was trained on gliders and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the 18 September 1944, Roffer  took part in Operation Market Garden and landed by glider near Randwijk. With help from the Dutch Resistance the group made their way to Division HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel in Arnhem. The Germans began a mortar bombardment on the 19 September 1944 and the next day Roffer was tasked to repair a radio jeep but was killed by the next bombardment by a splinter that severed his jugular vein. Roffer was given a field burial 100 yards west of the building and was later re-interred in Oosterbeek War Cemetery on 10 September 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"219\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Roffer-James-Eden.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12596\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5717299578059072;width:413px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Roffer-James-Eden.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Roffer-James-Eden-120x210.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Eden-Roffer-700x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Eden-Roffer-700x704.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Eden-Roffer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Eden-Roffer-250x252.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Eden-Roffer-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Eden-Roffer-120x121.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1939-Roffer-700x877.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1939-Roffer-700x877.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1939-Roffer-250x313.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1939-Roffer-768x962.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1939-Roffer-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1939 Register<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roffer James Eden Leading Aircraftman, 6080 Light Warning UnitService number 1209750Died 20 Sep 1944Buried Arnhem Oosterbeek War CemeteryAge 31 Headstone Inscription&#8216;IN LOVING MEMORY. 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