{"id":16930,"date":"2022-01-28T08:26:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T08:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=16930"},"modified":"2023-03-06T07:54:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T07:54:44","slug":"van-cleef-alexander","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/navy\/van-cleef-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Cleef, Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"name\">Alexander Van Cleef<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lieutenant, H.M.S. President<br>Died 10 Jul 1945<br>Buried Golders Green Jewish Cemetery <br>Age 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Alexander was born on 13 January 1920 in Edmonton, Middlesex to Isaac, a toy importer, and Ada nee Burdon and he was an only child. Alexander worked as a clerk on the Stock Exchange and in 1939, the family were living at 14 Arnos Grove, Southgate in London. The record shows that by 1939 Alexander had enlisted into the Royal Navy and was listed as an ordinary signaller in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Ada died on 29 December 1944 at the London Hospital, seven months before Alexander and Isaac died on 24 March 1948 at the Wood Green and Southgate General hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexander died at the Royal Masonic hospital on 10 July 1945 and his death certificate states his cause of death was aleukemic leukemia. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/47127576_126446238508.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/47127576_126446238508.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/47127576_126446238508-250x334.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/47127576_126446238508-120x160.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tna_r39_0885_0885j_002-700x883.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tna_r39_0885_0885j_002-700x883.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tna_r39_0885_0885j_002-250x315.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tna_r39_0885_0885j_002-768x968.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tna_r39_0885_0885j_002-1218x1536.jpg 1218w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tna_r39_0885_0885j_002-1624x2048.jpg 1624w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tna_r39_0885_0885j_002-120x151.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tna_r39_0885_0885j_002-scaled.jpg 2030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1939 Register<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"124\" data-id=\"29433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/COL475495_2022-1-ALEXANDER_VAN_CLIEF-page-001-1-700x124.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/COL475495_2022-1-ALEXANDER_VAN_CLIEF-page-001-1-700x124.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/COL475495_2022-1-ALEXANDER_VAN_CLIEF-page-001-1-250x44.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/COL475495_2022-1-ALEXANDER_VAN_CLIEF-page-001-1-768x136.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/COL475495_2022-1-ALEXANDER_VAN_CLIEF-page-001-1-1536x272.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/COL475495_2022-1-ALEXANDER_VAN_CLIEF-page-001-1-2048x363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/COL475495_2022-1-ALEXANDER_VAN_CLIEF-page-001-1-120x21.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Van Cleef Lieutenant, H.M.S. 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