BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN ROBERT & LOUISA ALLEN – 57, GRAFTON STREET, HULL AND 67, EDGECUMBE STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A FOREMAN AT A LOCAL PAPER MILL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A SLATER. HE MARRIED JANE WALKER, AT HULL IN 1910 AND HAD TWO CHILDREN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, 3150, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 16/05/1917, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW JESSIE & CHILDREN AT THIS HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE JOHNLEONARD ALLEN, 1/4/TH EAST YORKSHIRE WAS DISABELD IN THE WAR AND DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY, ON 06/12/1917, AGED 26.
| Name | Charles Henry Allen |
|---|---|
| Death Date | 16 May 1917 |
| Death Place | St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, His grave inscription, reads “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to Die;” |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ Own) |
| Battalion | 5th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 241776 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 3150, R.F.A. Husband of Jessie Allen, of 2, Lilac Avenue, Hardy St., Hull. |
First name:
CHARLES HENRY
Military Number:
241776
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/05/1917
Place died:
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
29
2 LILAC AVENUE, HARDY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
