Sloan Andrew Corporal 1880164
Personnel Entry
Name Sloan Andrew
Army number 1880164.
Rank Corporal
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Born 1915, Glasgow. Mother's maiden surname McCracken.
Age (At time of death) 29.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Engineers. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 31/10/1944.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit Served in No. 3 Platoon.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 31/10/1944. Interred initially in Re-buried in Grave 19. B. 12. at Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads "LOVED HONOURED AND LONGED FOR ALWAYS".
Home address Son of William and Jemima Sloan (nee McCracken) of Glasgow. Husband of Elizabeth Draper Sloan (nee Mitchell) of Glasgow.
Source table
Thanks are due to the Find A Grave Website for the image of Cpl Sloan's headstone.
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
