HARRY+ALLEN

__Soldiers died in the Great War 1914 - 1919__

Allan, Harry, Private, 301264, 2nd Bn, Royal Scots Born Charlesworth, Manchester Enlisted Derby Resided Ashbourne, Derbyshire Killed in action France & Flanders 29th September 1917

__Commonwealth War Graves Commission__ (www.cwgc.org) Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 11 to 14 and 162

__1911 Census__

Harry Allen was a 23 year old general labourer, residing in Fenny Bentley. He was the son of Mary Allen, a charwoman.

__Ashbourne News, 2nd November 1917__

Harry Allen, the brother of Arthur Allen, was a native of Fenny Bentley, where he was ‘universally respected and liked’, and a sidesman and member of the Parish Church choir. He volunteered for service at the beginning of the war, but was rejected on medical grounds, afterwards being called up.