Allen, Harry Manley

Date of birth:: November 24th, 1924 (Spring Bay/Ontario, Canada)
Date of death:: May 5th, 1945 (Bedburg/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Buried on:: Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: V. Row: F. Grave: 8.
Service number:: B/116652
Nationality:: Canadian

Biography

Private
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.

On March 3, 1945, the Royal Regiment was involved in the Allied push through the Hochwald Gap in Germany. The companies encountered mortar and shell fire to be heavy and comparable to the days of Normandy landings.
It was on that day that Harry was wounded in the right thigh by a shell fragment. At age 21, Private Harry Allen died of his wounds that he received in action.

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