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Son of John James Allen and Mary Agnes Allen. Brother of Flying Officer Joseph Cletus Allen, who died on August 10, 1943, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Edmond Bernard Allen
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edmond Bernard Allen
Edmond Bernard Allen was my uncle, although he died four years before I was
born. He was one of my mother's two brothers, both of whom were killed four
months apart during 1943. Her other brother, Joseph Cletus Allen, a Flying
Officer in the RCAF, was killed in the crash of a training flight near
Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick on August 10, 1943.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edmond Bernard Allen
From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edmond Bernard Allen
From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edmond Bernard Allen
From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edmond Bernard Allen
From the Edmonton Bulletin January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edmond Bernard Allen
From the Edmonton Bulletin January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edmond Bernard Allen
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Edmond Bernard Allen was my uncle, although he died four years before I was born. He was one of my mother's two brothers, both of whom were killed four months apart during 1943. Her other brother, Joseph Cletus Allen, a Flying Officer in the RCAF, was killed in the crash of a training flight near Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick on August 10, 1943.
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From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Edmonton Bulletin January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Edmonton Bulletin January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Page 131 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
By the winter of 1943, the German armies in Italy were defending a line stretching from the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Naples, to the Adriatic Sea south of Ortona. The Allies prepared to break through this line to capture Rome. For its part, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division was to cross the Moro River and take Ortona. In January 1944 the Canadian Corps selected this site, intending that it would contain the graves of those who died during the Ortona battle and in the fighting in the weeks before and after it. Today, there are 1,615 graves in the cemetery, of which over 50 are unidentified and 1,375 are Canadian.
The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery lies in the locality of San Donato in the Commune of Ortona, Province of Chieti, and is sited on high ground near the sea just east of the main Adriatic coast road (SS16). The cemetery can be reached from Rome on the autostrada A25 (Rome-Pescara) by branching on the autostrada A14 and leaving it at Ortona. The approach road to the cemetery from the main road passes under an arch forming part of the little church of San Donato. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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