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Edward Leonard Allen

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Leonard AWMM
  • Surname
    Allen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2056 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 March 1893 AWMM Jersey, Channel Islands AWMM
    Jersey, Channel Islands AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre Feb 1915 AWMM Royal Oak Cheese Factory, Omata, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    G.F. Allen (father), 43 New Street, St Helier, Jersey, Channel islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2056 AWMM
  • Military service
    • Territorials AWMM
    • Cadets, Jersey 8 years AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Feb 1915 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Cheese Factory assistant/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Private Allen was the son of George Frederick Allen and Fanny Ellen Allen, of Old Forge Yard, Broadwaters, Kidderminster, England, formerly of Jersey, Channel Islands AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM

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14 April 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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