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Sub-Lieutenant ALAN JOHN KING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Hornet.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

G. 10. 21.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Ada Sophia King, of Kingsbury, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription "THEIR SHIPS ARE SO SMALL, YOUR SEA IS SO BIG"
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Buried or commemorated at

HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Hampshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1413
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