Military service
Service number:
429280
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Battalion
Birth:
March 11, 1891
South Winchester, England
Enlistment:
April 26, 1915
New Westminister, British Columbia
Death:
September 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. F. 16.
Additional information
Son of David and Ellen Allenby, of Spring Bank, Hull, England. Brother of Lance Corporal William Thorley Allenby, who served in the same unit and died on the same day.
Digital gallery of Private George David Storey Allenby
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Photo de George Allenby
Private George David Storey Allenby and his brother Lance Corporal William Thorley Allenby (seated), both killed 8th Sept 1916, at Monquet Farm near Courcelette, France. Both served with the 7th Battalion, British Columbia Regiment. -
Mémorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private George David Storey Allenby
Digital gallery of
Private George David Storey Allenby
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
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