ALLEN, Reginald Arthur
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Known as:
Reg
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
8 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
6847052
P.O.W. number:
30513
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Saturday, May 3, 1919
Died :
Monday, June 28, 1976
Place died:
Hanwell, London W7
Age:
57
Served in the Folbot Troop and No.1 Special Boat Section. Reported missing at sea later found to be a prisoner of war after a raid on shipping at Benghazi Harbour on 21 July 1941. Post war member of the Commando Association. Former goalkeeper for Queen's Park Rangers FC and Manchester United FC.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 114.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/30, WO417/60, and WO417/62.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/21.
SBS in WW2 author G.B. Courtney, p36.
Registers of Deaths in Ealing District 1976, Volume 12 p.155.
England & Wales Government Probate Death Index, Probate date 7 April 1977.
[Image above] Coventry Evening Telegraph 23 December 1949.
[Image below] Leicester Evening Mail 26 August 1941.
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