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Kenneth William Allen

In memory of:

Private Kenneth William Allen

August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France

Military Service

Service Number:

B/37458

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star

Defence Medal

War Medal

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp

Additional Information

Born:

January 27, 1921
Sheffield, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

April 9, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of Myrtle Allen, of Port Credit, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 54 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

Plot 2 Row 3 Grave 37.

Location:

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY is at the south-eastern corner of the town of Dunkirk, immediately south of the canal and on the road to Veurne (Furnes) in Belgium. The British War Graves Plot is divided from the main cemetery by a hedge, and is entered through the columns of the Dunkirk Memorial.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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