21 September 2009

1602962 Gunner Alan Richard Short, Royal Artillery

1602962 Gunner Alan Richard Short of the 3rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 21st September 1943. Born in Hampshire, he was also living in the county when he enlisted.

Alan was 24 years old when he died and he is buried in Kanchanaburi cemetery in Malaysia; grave reference 2.G.25.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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