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6087644 Lance Corporal Frederick Frank Allen

Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of operation ‘Market’
Photograph of Hero Killed In Action


Born on: 21 Sep 1921
Died on: 01 Nov 1944
Died at:
Aged: 23
Buried at: No known grave, Commemorated Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery panel 8.

Rest in Peace Lance Corporal Allen:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of F. and Florence Allen, of Clapham North, London.


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