1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance

Soldier Record

Edwin R Allen

Contributed by: Jacqueline Allen, on 2008-11-08

Edwin R Allen
Rank
First Name Edwin R
Surname Allen
Year of Birth 1894
Year of Death 1916
Regiment Grenadier Guards
Place of Wartime Residence Shoreditch, Greater London

Edwin R's Story

My Great Uncle Edwin Richard Allen born 1984 son of James and Agnes Allen. A private in the 4th Battalion of the Grenadier Guards. Died 16 March 1916 aged 21 of a gun shot to the head from a German sniper. Laid to rest in the Menin Road South Military Cemetery In Belgium

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