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
NA
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 the Allen family had moved from Hatfield to Colney Heath. The census records for 1911 shows that Phoebe had moved out and there were now two further siblings, Isabel and Joy. The 1911 census also shows that William was single.
William’s brother, Albert, was also a casualty of the Great War.
Acknowledgments
Graham Clark – World War One – The Fallen of London Colney, Grace Clark, Jonty Wild
