Date: 16/03/2024
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Marine Alexander Francis McDonald Harland
Marine Alexander Harland died during operations in Holland. The jeep he was driving carrying ammunition and supplies overturned in a water filled ditch and he drowned. Alexander was originally buried at Meerlo, Limburg, before being re-interred on 16 September 1946 at Venray War Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Harland; husband of Dorothey Rosina Harland, of Hanwell, Middlesex.
In Memory of PO/X4321 Marine Alexander Francis McDonald Harland
46RM Commando, Royal Marines,
who died on the 20 February 1945 aged 25
Remembered with honour at Venray War Cemetery, Netherlands.