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Military service
Service number:
400658
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Enlistment:
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Clara Ann Allen, of 3, Fourth Avenue, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham, England.
Digital gallery of Private William Newball Allen
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Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, August 2012, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Inscription on Menin Gate
Menin Gate, October 2009, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Panel 10 Menin Gate
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate, August 2012, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Photo of William Newball Allen
He was born on November 6, 1888 Nottingham, England. He died on June 13, 1916 in Ypres, Belgium.<P> He died during the Battle of Mount Sorrel.<P> The torch was his, he held it high.
Digital gallery of
Private William Newball Allen
Digital gallery of
Private William Newball Allen
Digital gallery of
Private William Newball Allen
Digital gallery of
Private William Newball Allen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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