In memory of

Gunner

Nelson Steele Allcock

who died on 20 Jul 1941


Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Artillery
  Rank Gunner
  Service number L255
  Date of death 19410720
  Cause of death accidental death
Narrative history
  L255 Gunner (2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery) (Nelson) Steele Allcock (b.1918) of Kerrobert died 19410720 and is buried at Brookwood military cemetery near Woking, Surrey, England. Allcock was a despatch rider and died at Lewisham hospital two days after his motorcycle collided with a bus. Steele was born at Pasqua (east of Moose Jaw) to Thomas Everet and Ethel Beatrice Allcock, attended Avoca school, and had just started farming on his own when he enlisted at Regina in 1940. Thomas homesteaded SE16-17-24-W2 northwest of Belle Plaine before resettling just west of the Ermine siding southeast of Kerrobert.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 320 - Oakdale
  Cemetery or memorial location Brookwood military cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Coleville
  Geo-memorial Allcock Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.8333°N / 106.65°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73O15
  Geo-memorial details North of Pinehouse Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19180727
  Place of birth Pasqua    
  Date of enlistment 19400715
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Kerrobert    
  Occupation farmer
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