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Flying Officer DEREK HURLSTONE ALLEN

Service Number: 39840
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

85 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 May 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POIX-DU-NORD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred E. and Sylvia S. M. H. Allen, of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF OUR LONG LOST VALIANT BROTHER, UNCLE AND KINSMAN
  • N.B. Please note that this casualty's name also appears on Panel 5 of the Runnymede Memorial; his name will removed when the panel is next replaced.
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