OWEN, Alan Roger
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Rank:
Marine
Unit/Base:
44RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
CH/X 105692
Born:
Wednesday, March 9, 1921
Birthplace:
Beckenham, Kent
Died :
Sunday, September 5, 1943
Died on war service
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine Alan Owen, X troop, died from injuries received in a car accident which happenned between Ashurst and Lyndhurst, Hampshire.
The Commando were based at Ashurst after their redesignation as a Commando unit, and this occurred the day before the whole Commando moved to Achnacarry for Commando training. He was hit by a jeep driven by an American serviceman.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/135.
The book '44 RM Commando, Achnacarry to the Arakan', author Tony Mackenzie.
The book '44 RM Commando, Achnacarry to the Arakan', author Tony Mackenzie.
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