The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Allan

Private William Harold ALLAN, L/9982, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 28th October 1914.

Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of William Allan, of 112 Charlton Lane, Charlton, SE. Eldest brother Thomas Allan, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

1911 Census - 116 Charlton Lane, Charlton, SE. - William John Allan, head, married, age 56, writer, Royal Arsenal, born Dublin; Rose Ann Allan, wife, age 48, married 7 years, no children, born Sheerness, Kent; Ellen Maud Allan, daughter, age 19, single, printers reader, born Camberwell, London; William Harold Allan, son, age1, school, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

16th July 1912, Woolwich, enlisted into Royal West Kent Regiment, Special Reserve Battalion, No. 8560, age 18, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 118lbs, mole upper left arm; formerly tinsmith improver; 21st July 1912, Maidstone, Kent; 14th August 1912, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 3rd September 1912, 2nd Class Certificate of Education; 18th October 1912, to Royal West Kent Regiment, No.9982, enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 18, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 131lbs; 12th December 1912, Dublin; 15th August 1914, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Le Touret Memorial, Panel 30 and 31. Pas de Calais, France.

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