BORN HULL 14/11/1886. SECOND SON OF LATE JOSEPH ALLENBY & ELIZABETH ALLISON SAVERTON, OF 193 , WOODCOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE WAS A FISH WORKER. DESCRIBED AS STANDING 6 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL, 168 LBS, 36 INCCH CHEST, WITH TATTOOS ON BOTH ARMS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915. SERVED IN “C” COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED FRANCE 21/07/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 29. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
UNMARRIED. HE LEFT FOUR BROTHERS, HERBERT, HENRY, ARTHUR AND JOSEPH, AND ONE SISTER LILLY.
HIS BROTHER HERBERT SERVED IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY DURING THE WAR.
First name:
ALBERT
Military Number:
22095
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
29
