Memorial in The Church of Holy Innocents, Great Barton, Suffolk dedicated to Arthur Edmond Allen, RN Telegrapher, d. 1943
Location
The Church of Holy Innocents, Great Barton, Suffolk
Transcript
TO THE / HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE WAR / 1939 - 1935 / RICHARD ALDERTON / Flight Sergeant (Pilot) R.A.F.V.R. / ARTHUR EDWARD ALLEN / Telegraphist H.M.S. Dasher / SIMON DENIS FLEMING / Lieutenant R.H.A. (L.R.D.G.) / ALBERT RICHARD FULLER / Private 5th Btn. The Suffolk Regt. / HAROLD JOHN GILL / Private The Bedfordshire & Herfordshire Regt. / BRIAN KINDER NICE / Flying Officer R.A.F / CHARLES KITCHENER STIFF / Private The Cambridgeshire Regt.
Details
Description: marble wall tablet honouring seven men of the parish who died in WWII, words coloured black, names in red and ranks in brown.
Vessel: HMS ‘Dasher'
Vessel: HMS ‘Dasher'
Event Date
27th March 1943
Event Category
1939 - 1945 Second World War
People
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Extra
Notes: HMS ‘Dasher’, a naval aircraft carrier, mysteriously exploded on 27th March 1943 while in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, killing 379 of the 528 crew.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, July 1972
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, July 1972