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Signalman WILLIAM RICHARD ALLEN

Service Number: 2334787
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

4th H.Q. Sigs.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

22. M. 17.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Annie Lillian Allen, of Finsbury Park, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription FLOWERS ON HIS GRAVE WILL WITHER & DECAY BUT OUR LOVE FOR HIM WILL NEVER FADE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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