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Serjeant JOHN ALLAN

Service Number: 3598633
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

1st (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1944

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

16. A. 4.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Cross
  • Additional Info Husband of Florence Ruth Allan, of Whitehaven.
  • Personal Inscription OUR LOSS IS HEAVENS GAIN YOUR LOVING WIFE FLORENCE CHILDREN BILLY AND MARIE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS.
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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