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A/Bmbr. William Parkinson Allen

British Army 255th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

from:Elswick, Kirkham, Lancashire

(d.10th Nov 1917)

William Allen was my 1st cousin, twice removed. He was the only child of Christopher and Sarah Allen (nee Parkinson) of Hassall House Farm, Elswick near Kirkham, Lancashire. He was born in 1894.

He was killed in action on the final day of the Third Battle of Ypres, aged 24. He is buried at the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord. There is also a memorial to William in the churchyard at the Elswick Memorial Unitarian Church.



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