Lives of the First World War

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ID: 30724

Reference: WO372/1

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

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UPP: GBM/MCI/0030744

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ID: 7730946

Title: Pte William Henry Allen

Description: Thought to be taken at Frensham camp whilst training, close up extracted from a group photograph.

Connected by: Jenni59422

Additional: The original of this photo is in the possession of William Henry's only surviving daughter.

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ID: 7733719

Title: Pte William Henry Allen

Description: Thought to have been taken at Frensham training camp, this is a section from a larger group photograph.

Connected by: Jenni59422

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ID: 7733723

Title: Men of 9th Battalion Notts & Derby Regiment

Description: William Henry Allen is on back row, far right in this group of men thought to have been taken whilst training at Frensham camp.

Connected by: Jenni59422

Additional: The original photograph remains with William's daughter.

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ID: 7733726

Title: William Henry Allen, b. 18 Feb 1892

Description: Copy birth certificate for William Henry, son of George Allen & Sarah nee Hobday, their 4th child & 2nd son, registered at Duddeston, Aston, Birmingham.

Connected by: Jenni59422

Additional: Copy birth certificate obtained in 1978..

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ID: 7733728

Title: Allen family, 1901 census

Description: The Allen family recorded at Tenter Buildings, Newark-on-Trent, Notts. William Henry is the first entry at the top of the second page.

Connected by: Jenni59422

Additional: This census also shows his brothers Tom, George, John & Joseph, all of whom volunteered to fight in WW1 - and all returned.

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ID: 7733736

Title: The Allen family in 1911 census

Description: This record shows that William's elder sisters have already left home. The rest of the family is complete. William is the 4th entry.

Connected by: Jenni59422

Additional: This confirms William's age and occupation.

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ID: 7733748

Title: 9th Batt'n, Sherwood Foresters

Description: The book of the Battalion: John Stephen Morse, 9th Service Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, Notts & Derby Regiment during the First World War, Tommies Guides, 2007, revised, reprinted 2014

Connected by: Jenni59422

Additional: A history of the battalion compiled from war diaries and other original official documents. William is listed with army no. in Appendix 11, p.208 & on p.72.

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ID: 7733757

Title: Newark Herald item inserted by family

Description: Newark Herald, 26 Oct 1916 item announcing that William's family heard that he had been wounded & captured on 26 Sep 1916, Battle of the Somme.

Connected by: Jenni59422

Additional: The information contained in the news item is supported by ICRC WW1 PoW records.

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ID: 7733761

Title: ICRC list, Hameln, Germany

Description: List of prisoners at Hameln camp dated 16 Feb 1917, also date stamped 1 Mar 1917, presumably by Red Cross, downloaded from ICRC website, 4 Aug 2014. William is first entry; army no., birth date & place confirmation.

Connected by: Jenni59422

Additional: Hameln appears to have been a large camp supplying smaller labour camps. William said he worked in the salt mines whilst a prisoner.

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ID: 7733764

Title: Lazarett-Listen, dated 1 Nov 1916

Description: Downloaded from ICRC website, confirms William was a prisoner when list compiled up to 27 Oct 1916, then date stamped 1 Nov 1916. William is 5th entry in list.

Connected by: Jenni59422

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ID: 7941846

Title: Headstone of William Henry Allen (date of death)

Description: Grave located in London Rd cemetery, Newark-on-Trent, Notts. William's wife, Violet, was also buried in the same grave 28 years later.

Connected by: Jenni59422

Additional: This image taken by William's daughter to confirm his date of death.

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