Name
William Joseph Allen
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/06/1915
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
16471
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Panel 10 and 11.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mark’s Church Plaque, Colney Heath, Not on the Hatfield memorials
Pre War
Born on Hatfield, he lived in 33 Timion Lane, Hatfield (1901), 5 Colney Heath, St Albans (1911 to 1915) and Butterwick Cottages, Smallford, Hertfordshire.
He was a general labourer before enlisting
Wartime Service
William enlisted in Hertford and was sent to France on the 25th May 1915, less than a month later he was killed in action in France.
Additional Information
His parents were Richard & Elizabeth Mary Allen. The 1901 census record indicates that the Allen family were living in Hatfield. It also records that at the time William had two brothers, Albert and Edward; and two sisters, Phoebe and Beatrice. By 1911 th
Acknowledgments
Graham Clark – World War One – The Fallen of London Colney, Grace Clark, Jonty Wild
