Allan Eddowes Curry
Person details
| Forename(s) | Allan Eddowes |
|---|---|
| Surname | Curry |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Royal Navy |
| Age | 22 |
| Death | Killed in action |
| Place of Death | Western Europe > France > Normandy |
| Date of Death | 08/07/1944 |
| Year of Entry | 1934 |
| House Letter | H |
| School Notes | - |
| Comments |
HMS Pylades was a minesweeper sunk off Juno Beach after the landings. Account of the sinking submitted to the BBC Archive by a member of the crew http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/25/a5183525.shtml http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6552.html Not listed in WW2 photo album |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | HMS Pylades |
| Prefect | - |
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| Previous Regiment | RAFVR |
| Burial or Cemetery | Memorial > Portsmouth |
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| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
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| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | November 19 1944. Killed in action in July 1944, Allan Eddowes Curry, Lieut., R.N.V.R. (Smale's, H, 1934-39). Allan Curry was essentially an individualist who could be led but never pushed. He became a Junior Prefect and took a prominent part in the athletic side of his Social and School, being Captain of Hockey and a member of the 1st XV and of the Athletics and Squash teams. On the outbreak of war, he joined the R.A.F.V.R. as an A/c 2, but in 1941 transferred to the R.N.V.R. and was commissioned in September 1942. Temperamentally, he was full of a quiet, dogged determination, and must have been a tower of strength in any crisis. |
| Service Number | 0 |
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