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Sapper ALAN ALBERT FRANCIS

Service Number: 2074339
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

248 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD

Row B. Grave 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Ada Francis, of Kempston, Bedfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription TRUE LOVE NEVER KNOWS DECAY. PARTED TO MEET AGAIN, MY SON
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Buried or commemorated at

HEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 14
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