The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H A Allen

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Private Herbert Albert ALLEN, G/11157, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds*, Flanders, France, 21st July 1916, age 26.

Born Gravesend, Kent, 22nd November 1915, son of James John and Mary Elizabeth (Polly) Allen, of 8, Bath St., Gravesend, Kent.

1911 Census - 12 Church Street, Gravesend, Kent. - James J Allen, head, age 45, married, dock labourer, born Gravesend, Kent; Mary E Allen, wife age 42, married 28 years, 8 children 7 still alive, born Rattlesden, Suffolk; Herbert Allen, son, age 21, single, greengrocers assistant, born Gravesend, Kent; Fred Allen, son, age 20, single, rag sorter assistant, born Gravesend, Kent; Dorothy Allen, daughter, age 10, born Gravesend, Kent; Victor E Allen, son, age 1year 9 months, born Gravesend, Kent; William Hughes, boarder, age 32, single, marine store dealer assistant, born Limehouse, London.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 25, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 124lbs, resided 12 Church Street, Gravesend, Kent. Formerly cellarman.

Home 15th November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF, 3rd May 1916 to 3rd July 1916; Home, 4th July 1916 to 21st July 1916.

15th November 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th November 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1916, posted BEF & embarked Southampton: 4th May 1916, disembarked Havre, France; 30th June 1916, 140 Field Ambulance, compound fracture, gun shot wound femur; 2nd July 1916, 8 Casualty Clearing Station; 2nd July 1916, 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, gun shot wound to femur; 4th July 1916, transferred to England; 4th July 1916 to 21st July 1916, died of wounds at 1st Southern General Hospital Birmingham, Dudley Road, Section, Birmingham, of secondary haemorrhage & shock, following re-amputation for amputation at right hip; 20th November 1916, War Office memo to records concerning personal possessions of Private Herbert Albert Allen, alias Private Herbert Francis Allen.

19th August 1919 - Statement of Relatives - Father James John Allen, 8 Bath Street, Gravesend, Kent; Mother, Polly Allen, 8 Bath Street, Gravesend, Kent; Brother Victor Allen, age 9, 8 Bath Street, Gravesend, Kent; Sisters Edith Loveridge, age 30, of 9 West Street, Gravesend; Hilda Shuttlewood, age 25, 8 Bath Street, Gravesend, Kent; Dorothy Allen, age 18, 8 Bath Street, Gravesend, Kent; Ethel Allen, age 22, 8 Bath Street, Gravesend, Kent.

Buried at Gravesend Cemetery, Screen Wall, 5038, Gravesend, Kent.

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