HARLAND, Alexander Francis McDonald
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Known as:
Tosh
Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X4321
Born:
Thursday, January 27, 1921
Birthplace:
Steyning, Sussex
Died :
Tuesday, February 20, 1945
Died on war service
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine Alexander Harland died during operations in Holland. The jeep he was driving carrying ammunition and supplies overturned in a water filled ditch and he drowned. Marine Harland was originally buried at Meerlo, Limburg, before being re-interred on 16 September 1946 at Venray War Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Harland; husband of Dorothey Rosina Harland, of Hanwell, Middlesex.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
Records of Births Registered in Steyning Jan, Feb, March 1921.
Report in the Greenford and Northolt Gazette 14 June 1991 (linked content below)..
[Image] Darren Mallett (nephew).
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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