We remember Percy Walter Allen

We remember Percy Walter Allen

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Timeline

Timeline

1894
birth Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Source:7440187 1st January 1894
1911
employment Sheet Taker In Paper Factory Sawston, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Source:9497759 1911
1911
location 'Waggon and Horses' Public House, High Street, Whittlesford United Kingdom Source:9497759 1911
1916
dates Age 22 Source:7440187 19th October 1916
1916
service British Army Private 21073 Border Regiment Source:7440187 19th October 1916
enlistment Norwich United Kingdom Source:9497580
1916
death Killed in Action 'Killed in action by a stray shell whilst marching to the Front' (Regimental Archives) France Source:7440187 19th October 1916
burial Thiepval Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme 'He was given a Christian burial, and a cross has been erected over his grave' (Cambridge Independent Press 17th November 1916). The grave was presumed lost. France Pier and Face 6A and 7C Source:7440187

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Percy Walter
Initials PW
Last Name Allen
Source 7440187
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
'Waggon and Horses' Public House, High Street, Whittlesford United Kingdom known 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 21073 Border Regiment Private
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal

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Communities

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Whittlesford124584
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Whittlesford124584

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Multimedia

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Pte Percy Allen Whittlesford124584
Whittlesford War Memorial Whittlesford124584

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