Category: Military
Rank: Sapper 534035
Regiment or Ship: 289th Army Troop, Royal Engineers
Service Number(s): 534035
Occupation: Plumber’s Labourer
Date of Birth: 1895
Place of Birth: Bexhill
Date of Death: 03.01.1918
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Place of Burial / Memorials:
Dunahallow ADS Cemetary, Ypres, West Vlaanderen, Begium, No: 12159399.
Address: 11 Suffolk Street, Sidley, Bexhill
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Family Information
1911 CENSUS -living at 11 Suffolk Street, Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea
Parents:
Father: William Henry Allen b.1852 Bexhill. Occupation: Railway Platelayer
Mother: Emily Ann Allen b.1854 Hastings
Siblings:
Sister: Elizabeth Ann Allen b.1887, Bexhill. Occupation: Laundry Worker
Sister: Annie Louisa Allen b.1889, Bexhill. Occupation: Servant, Cook
Sister: Charlotte Emily Allen b.1890, Bexhill. Occupation: Servant, Parlourmaid
Sister: Ellen Allen b.1892, Bexhill. Occupation: Servant, General
First World War Experience
Allen served in France and Flanders and died of his wounds in January 1918. He received three medals: The Victory, the British and the Star.
Additional Information
www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/Bexhill-on-Sea
www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/Bexhill-on-SeaStMary.html
Bexhill Chronicle 7th November 1914