Drummond Allison

John Drummond Allison
Born 1921
Caterham, Surrey
Died 1943 (aged 2122)
2 December 1943
near the Garigliano River, Italy
Buried at Minturno War Cemetery, Italy
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Lieutenant
Unit East Surrey Regiment
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World War II

(John) Drummond Allison (1921 – 2 December 1943) was an English war poet of the Second World War.

He was born in Caterham, Surrey, and educated at Bishop's Stortford College and at Queen's College, Oxford. After training at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he became an intelligence officer in the East Surrey Regiment. He served in North Africa and Italy, where he was killed in action fighting on the Garigliano. Lieutenant Allison lies in the Minturno War Cemetery.[1]

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