2718372 Guardsman Norman MALLON, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards: 17/09/1944

Army Number: 2718372
Rank: Lance Corporal
Name: N MALLON
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
GSM & Clasp: GSM, Palestine Clasp 1936 - 1939
TNA Reference: WO 100/503

 

Casualty

Guardsman MALLON, NORMAN
Service Number 2718372
Died 17/09/1944
3rd Bn. Irish Guards
Buried at VALKENSWAARD WAR CEMETERY
Location: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Cemetery/memorial reference: II. B. 13.
See cemetery plan

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: MALLON, Norman
DOB:
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Residence: Brankinstown, Aghalee, Co Armagh.
Trade/Profession:
Parents:
Probate:

Photo:



SERVICE
Army/Personal Number: 2718372
Rank: Guardsman
Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 3rd Battalion, 1 Company, 1 Platoon
As at 01/09/1939:
Enlisted: 1925
Promotions:
Soldier's Will:


CASUALTY
CWGC Link: Casualty Details
CWGC Certificate:

Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
Date of Death: 17/09/1944
Age at Death:
Casualty Type: Killed in Action

Cemetery: VALKENSWAARD WAR CEMETERY
Cemetery Plan:

Cemetery Photo:
Grave Reference: II. B. 13.
Headstone Photo:

Grave Registration:

Grave Concentration:

Headstone:

Reburial Date: 01/05/1945
Original Burial Place / Map Reference: Borkel 378010
Inscription: None


Army Casualty List (WO 417):
2718372 Guardsman Mallon, Norman 1944 Irish Guards
The Times Casualty List:


MEDALS
Campaign Medals:
Medal Roll Details:
WO 100/503 Lance Corporal 2718372 MALLON N 1st Bn. Irish Guards Palestine Clasp 1936 - 1938


REFERENCES
War Diaries: War Diary: 3rd Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1944
Archive Files: WO 417, WO 100/503
Publications: IG History page 495 [mentioned in error as Malton]
Accounts:
War Memorial:
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph, 15/11/1944
Websites:
Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group
VALKENSWAARD WAR CEMETERY, HOLLAND

 

Probate:

Name: Mr Norman Mallon
Death Date: 17 Sep 1944
Death Place: Northern Ireland
Record Date: 15 Jan 1947
Record Place: Belfast, Northern Ireland




Title : Mr
Surname : Mallon
Forename : Norman
Registry : Belfast

Date of Death : 17 September 1944
Date of Grant : 15 January 1947
Reseal Date :
Effects : Effects £101 3s 2d

Full Abstract :
Mallon Norman of Aghalee county Antrim guardsman H.M. Irish guards died 17 September 1944 whilst serving in North West Europe Administration Belfast 15 January to Jane Elizabeth Compston widow. Effects £101 3s. 2d.


See also:

• London Gazette, 28 September 1945: Balances of Deceased Soldiers Undisposed Of

London Gazette : 28 September 1945
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37287/page/4828/data.pdf
In pursuance of The Regimental Debts Act, 1893, notice is hereby given that there is available for distribution amongst the Next-of-Kin or others entitled the sum of money set opposite to the name of each of the deceased Soldiers named in the lists which are published with this notice in the London Gazette.

Applications from persons supposing themselves entitled as Next-of-Kin should be addressed by letter to "The Under Secretary of State, War Office, Whitehall, London S.W.1," and marked outside "Effects".
F. C. Bovenschen. War Office, 28th September, 1945.
List 740.
Effects 1944.

£. s. d.
Mallon, N., Gdsmn., Irish Guards ... ... 71 3 2