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Name: |
ALLUM,
JOHN PATRICK |
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Initials: |
J P |
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Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
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Rank: |
Lieutenant |
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Regiment/Service: |
East
Surrey Regiment |
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Secondary Regiment: |
Worcestershire Regiment |
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Secondary Unit Text: |
attd.
1st Bn. |
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Age: |
20 |
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Date of Death: |
24/01/1945 |
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Service No: |
299664 |
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Additional information: |
Son
of Horace Benjamin Allum, C.B.E., and Mary Josephine Frances
Allum, of Whitstable, Kent. |
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Casualty Type: |
Commonwealth War Dead |
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Grave/Memorial Reference: |
VI. 278. |
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Cemetery: |
BRUNSSUM WAR
CEMETERY |
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Adopted by: |
Family
van Haaren |
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John Patrick (Jack), Allum †
The Three Allum Brothers, fltr:
Gerald, John "Jack" and Bernard
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At Tripsrath the Pioneer
Platoon, led by the Pioneer Officer Lieut. J. Allum, spent
nights reconnoitring, sweeping, lifting and mines, by
some mischance, when the task was almost completed and over
1,100 mines had been removed, Lieut. Allum prodded a
particularly sensitive one and blew himself up
Worcestershire Regiment - Roll Of
Honour |
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Family
van Haaren at John's grave - Poppy Day 2011
Source-Bron: Jonathan Allum |
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