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Military service
Service number:
K/57822
Age:
38
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
January 28, 1906
Kelty, Scotland
Enlistment:
July 17, 1940
Kelowna, British Columbia
Death:
June 11, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V H 5
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Allan. Husband of Kathleen Allan, of Kelowna, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Corporal William John Allan
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Epitaph
Epitaph -
Memorial
Corporal William John Allan is also commemorated on the Memorial, Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
Digital gallery of
Corporal William John Allan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William John Allan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William John Allan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William John Allan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William John Allan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 235 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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