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 when he was hit by a jeep driven by an American serviceman on a road between Ashurst and Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Son of Lewis Davis Owen and Evelyn Harriet Owen, of Beckenham. The accident occurred the day before the whole unit moved from Ashurst to Achnacarry for Commando training after their re-designation as a Commando unit
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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