BORN BARNSLEY 1886. SECOND SON OF JOSEPH ALLEN (1848-1924) AND BETSEY JANE CROMPTON (1849-1908), OF 122 WATERLOO STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS AN ATTENDANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL AS PRIVATE, 1479, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANFERRED TO THE 2/4TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 05/08/1918, AGED 34. HUSBAND OF MRS GERTRUDE E ALLEN, WHO HE MARRIED IN JANUARY 1914. SADLY THEIR ONLY DAUGHTER DIED IN 1914. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW. HE IS BURIED ON THE MARNE, FRANCE.
THIS IS HIS ARMY ADDRESS FROM CWGC RECORDS..
First name:
JOSEPH
Military Number:
235325
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/08/1918
Place died:
Sezanne Communal Cemetery, Marne, France
Age:
34
17 LEO TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
