Name
Allen Arthur Long
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/04/1917
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
4/7185
Bedfordshire Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 5
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Albans Citizens Memorial, Town Hall (old) Memorial, St Albans, St Michael's Church Memorial, St Albans, Not on the Little Berkhamsted memorials, We are not aware of any memorial in Childwickbury to the villagers or the Estate
Pre War
Born on the 8th June 1895, in Little Berkhamstead, Herts. Son of George and Emma Long. Baptised on the 7th July 1895, in Little Berkhamstead, Herts. Allan was a resident of St Albans, Herts. The 1901 census shows Allen aged 5 living with his Parents, 1 Brother and 1 Sister at Pudds Cross, Bovingdon, Herts. and the 1911 census shows Allen aged 15 living with his Parents, 3 Brothers and 2 Sisters at The Jockey, Harpenden Road, St Albans, Herts. His occupation is given as a Farm Labourer.
Address later given as Hawkswick Cottages, St Albans.
Wartime Service
Allen enlisted in St Albans, Herts, into the 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, with the service number 4/7185. He disembarked in France on the 11th October 1915.
Missing presumed killed at Arras - CWGC records as Allen Arthur, died 23/03/1917.
He died of wounds on the 23rd April 1917.
Additional Information
CWGC Inscription Reads; Son of Mr and Mrs George Long, of Hawswick Lodge, St Albans.
Acknowledgments
Christine Aitken, Stuart Osborne, Gareth Hughes
