Person    | Male  Born 30/6/1933  Died 25/11/1952

Fusilier Geoffrey Frederick Allen

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Commemorated on a memorial as having died in a war, not WW1 or WW2.

Fusilier Geoffrey Frederick Allen

Fusilier Geoffrey Frederick Allen was born on 30 June 1933 in Ambergate, Amber Valley Borough, Derbyshire.

He was serving in D Company of the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), service number 22583039, when he was reported missing, presumed killed in action, aged 19 years, on the night of 24/25th November 1952 whilst participating in Operation Pimlico in the Korean War.

As he has no known grave he is commemorated on the Memorial Wall in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Tanggok, Pusan (now called Busan), Korea. He is also commemorated on the Ministry of Defence Roll of Honour. and on the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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