262765 L/Cpl. William Allen Canadian Expeditionary Force 19th Battalion from:Ontario William Allen was born in Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 10th of December 1891. He emigrated with his family to Ontario Canada in 1911, from Horsforth W. Yorks.
On 12th November 1914 he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
He sailed to England on the SS Scandanavian on 13th of May 1915, arriving on the 22nd.
He left Folkestone for France on 23rd of September 1915 and served with the 250th Tunnelling Company until 31st December that year.
He fought with the 19th Battalion through 1916 and was wounded at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in June 1917.
William was transferred to the Military Hospital in Southhall and later Hastings and was discharged in December 1917.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal but later was admitted to Bramshott Military Hospital and spent 4 months suffering from Influenza.
William was discharged from the Canadian Military in March 1919 and married Mary Jane Holdsworth from Bramley West Yorkshire.
They raised 2 children Jack and Maisie Allen and he died peacefully in Scarborough East Yorkshire in 1987 at the age of 95.
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