Image source: vconline.org.uk/michael-allmand-vc/4585912844
Victoria Cross, 1939 - 1945. Indian Armoured Corps attached 3bn 6th Gurkha Rifles. Resident of Golders Green.
Our Picture source together with his give much information about this army officer. The also confirms that his body was exhumed from Plot 4, Row J, Grave 5 in the Sahman War Cemetery on 29 June 1954 and in Plot 13, Row A, Grave 4 of the Taukkyan War Cemetery, Mingaladon, Burma (now Myanmar).
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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Captain Michael Allmand, VC
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