The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal G J Allen

Lance Corporal George James ALLEN, L/10101, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, (death assumed), Flanders, France, 21st September 1918.

3rd November 1898, born Barrackpore/Barrackpur, Calcutta, India, son of George & Ada Ellen Allen, Rose Cottage, Paddock Road, Bexley Heath, Kent / 1 Lime Villas, Avenue Road, Bexley Heath, Kent

1911 Census - 5 Devonshire Road, Bexley Heath, Kent - George Allen, head, age 45, married, Army Pensioner, door attendant, born Greenwich, Kent; Ada Allen, wife, age 35, married 15 years, 3 children all still alive, born Aylesford, Kent; Ada Mavis Allen, daughter, 14, born Meerut, North West Province, India; George James Allen, son, age 12, school, born Barrackpore/Barrackpur, Calcutta, India; Alice Marjorie Allen, daughter, age 6, school, born Maidstone, Kent.

26th February 1913, enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 14, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 107lbs, scar below right eye, scar below left knee. Resided Bexley Heath, Kent. Formerly office boy and in the Boys Brigade.

Home, 26th February 1913 to 5th November 1917; BEF, 6th November 1917 to 21st September 1918.

26th February 1913, enlisted & posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th February 1913, joined Regiment at Dublin; 8th August 1913, 3rd Class Degree of Education;

8th August 1913, memo from Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Dublin to Officer in Charge Records, Hounslow - An application has been made to me by the parents of No. 10101. Boy G Allen, to have him transferred to the battalion under my command from the 2nd Battalion, from which he was enlisted. Boy Allen is at present serving under me at Dublin. The under mentioned three boys have volunteered to proceed to India in Boy Allen's place is the exchange is authorized, and I strongly recommend that one of them be accepted if you have no objections. No.9819. Boy J Reed; No.9973. Boy H Gosling; No.10045. Boy J Smith. I would add that the 2nd Battalion would in no way suffer by the exchange as the three boys offered in exchange are more or less trained musicians, whereas Boy Allen is quite raw. If you favour the application will you please nominate one of the three boys. Boy Allen's father was for a long time a Colour Sergeant in the Battalion.

19th August 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th August 1915, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd November 1916 attained age of 18 years; 10th August 1917, appointed unpaid lance Corporal, 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th October 1917, appointed paid lance Corporal; 6th November 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & BEF; 19th December 1917, joined Battalion, "A" Company; 15th June 1918, appointed paid lance Corporal, 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st September 1918, missing in action.

3rd November 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, George Allen, 2 Lime Villas, Avenue Road, Bexley Heath, Kent; Mother, deceased; Sisters, Ada Mavis Allen, age 24, 220 West End Lane, Hampstead, Alice Marjorie Allen, age 16, 2 Lime Villas, Avenue Road, Bexley Heath, Kent.

Buried at Unicorn British Cemetery, Vend'huile, IV.A.14., Aisne, France, 11 miles North East of Peronne following exhumation.

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