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Allen, Frank, Private, 16982, 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers Born Derby Enlisted Derby Killed in action France and Flanders 27th March 1916

Aged 18 Son of John and Elizabeth Allen, of 258, Stockbrook Street, Derby Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 8 and 12

Derby Daily Express, 2nd February 1916: Frank Allen enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers in the autumn of 1914, and had been ‘in the trenches for nine months’. It was also reported that he had ‘recently been home on leave.’