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:
Monday, May 3, 1920
Died :
Monday, June 28, 1976
Place died:
Hanwell, London W7
Age:
56
Reginald Arthur Allen was a professional footballer who enlisted into the Armed Forces on 3 September 1939. After volunteering for commando service he served in the Folbot Troop of No.8 Commando 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. 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.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/5/2.
[Image above] Coventry Evening Telegraph 23 December 1949.
[Image below] Leicester Evening Mail 26 August 1941.
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