Eddie Frost was born in 1920 in London and enlisted in the British army in 1940 at age 20. He trained as a glider pilot and took part in Operation Varsity, the largest airborne operation of World War 2 over the Rhine River in Germany in March 1945. During the dangerous landing, Eddie's glider encountered heavy fire and he was killed at just 25 years old. He was buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany.