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Private ROLAND JOHN ALLEN

Service Number: 8088
Regiment & Unit/Ship

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME

V. C. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin and Harriet Allen, of Bullington, Sutton Scotney, Hants.
  • Personal Inscription A WILLING SACRIFICE CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE
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Buried or commemorated at

CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 783
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