Buuxi weedha soo socota: Lathbury wuxuu weli ahaa taliyaha Guutada 1aad ee Parachute inta lagu guda jiray Dagaalkii Arnhem, oo qayb ka ahaa Howlgalka Market Garden ee Nederland. Bishii Sebtember 18, 1944 waxaa laga gooyay amarkiisa isagoo la socday Major General Roy Urquhart, oo ah GOC qaybta, markii uu si xun ugu dhaawacmay lugta bidix oo lafdhabartiisa la jebiyey, isaga oo ku hadhay naafo ku meelgaar ah. Lathbury waxaa loo daayay daryeelka qoys Dutch ah oo deegaanka ah wuxuuna noqday maxaabiis dagaal. Wuxuu qariyey darajadiisa, isagoo iska dhiga mid sare oo sarkaal ah. Wuxuu ka soo baxsaday caawimaad ka timid mucaaradka Dutch-ka isagoo si fudud uga soo baxay albaabada weyn ee isbitaalka oo uu ku jiray. Mucaaradka Dutch-ka ayaa isaga iyo askarta kale ee British-ka ah ee qarsoonba xiriir la sameeyay. Lathbury, oo ay weheliyaan Kornayl David Dobie iyo Major Digby Tatham-Warter, ayaa abaabulay
waxay u carareen dhanka Rhine. Lathbury iyo Digby waxay ka gudbeen Rhine 22kii Oktoobar iyagoo wata 137 shaqaale ah, iyagoo isku xiray parachute-ka Mareykanka ee Lieutenant First Frederick Heyliger's Company E ee Guutada 2aad, 506aad Parachute Infantry Regiment, qayb ka mid ah Qeybta 101aad ee Diyaaradaha Mareykanka. Lathbury waxaa soo bandhigay Donald Douglas 1977 filimka "A Bridge Too Far".