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Pte. Dennis Claude Ackland

British Army 2nd Battalion Welch Regiment

from:Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

(d.18th May 1945)

Dennis Ackland was my uncle but I was only 4 when he was killed in action in Burma - aged 21. I do not have any details of his service but I hope to learn more in the future. He was born in 1923 so I can only assume that he enlisted when he was 18 in 1941. He was the only child of my step-aunt Violet May Ackland who was unmarried. Dennis was therefore a very precious child.

He was serving in Burma when VE day was declared and he was killed a week later which is indeed bitter sweet. He is buried in Rangoon War Cemetery along with the many others who died in that war. His grave is beautifully tended but for my aunt it was devastating that she was never able to visit his grave. He was awarded the Burma Star which is now in my possession, being the only survivor of his family. May he sleep well albeit in a foreign land.



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