ARTHUR+ALLEN

__Soldiers died in the Great War 1914 - 1919__

Allen, Arthur, Private, 240734, 2nd/6th Bn, Notts & Derby Regiment Born Ashbourne, Derbyshire Enlisted Ashbourne Died of wounds France & Flanders 10th April 1917

__Commonwealth War Graves Commission__ ([|www.cwgc.org])

Bray Military Cemetery, II, H, 38

__1911 Census__

Arthur Allen was a 14 year old general labourer, residing in Fenny Bentley. He was the son of Mary Allen, a charwoman.

__Ashbourne News, 1st June 1917__

Died of wounds received just before Easter in France. He enlisted in the Sherwoods at the declaration of war, and served in Dublin. His Company commander, Captain Tompkins, wrote: ‘He was a very gallant soldier, devoted to duty, and greatly respected by all who knew him. We shall miss him dreadfully.’ Arthur was aged 20 when he died, and his mother resided in Fenny Bentley. Private Harry Allen, of the Royal Scots, was his brother, and he attended a memorial service to Arthur at the Parish Church whilst home on leave.