Ernest Allen
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Private 11290 Ernest Allen
Abt 1883 - 28/4/1917 (32)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/allen-ernest
Dob abt 1883 North Aston, Oxfordshire
Baptism 9/6/1884
Ernest Allen
Baptism Date 9 Jun 1884
Baptism Place Tipton, St Mark, Staffordshire, England
Religion Anglican
Father William Allen
Mother Ann Allen
Page number 155
Parents William Allen & Ann Millard
Parents Marriage 18/10/1874 St Matthew Walsall
William Allen
Ann Millard
Registration Year 1874
Registration QuarterOct-Nov-Dec
Registration District Walsall
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6b Page 1050
Freereg
Staffordshire Walsall
Church name St Matthew
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 82
Marriage date18 Oct 1874
Groom forename William
Groom surname ALLEN
Groom age 25
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Stoker
Groom abode New St
Bride forename Ann
Bride surname MILLARD
Bride age 25
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode New St
Groom father forename John
Groom father surname ALLEN
Groom father occupation Furnace man
Bride father forename Henry
Bride father surname MILLARD
Bride father occupation Green grocer Witness 1Charles STILLARD
Witness 2 Ellen MILLARD
Notes Witness 2 signed by mark
1891: 20 Holland Street, Tipton
William Allen 43 Head Forge Lab
Ann Allen 43 Wife
Lucy A Allen 16 Dau
Ernest Allen 8 Son
Henry Millard 69 Father in Law Living on own means
Lydia Millard 74 Mother in Law
1901 47 Meeting Street, Wednesbury, Staffs.
William Allen (52, Boiler Stoker at Steel Works, born Hill Top, West Bromwich), his wife Ann (52, born Oxfordshire), and their son Ernest (17, Labourer at Gas Tube Works, born Ocker Hill).
1911
Unable to trace. It is possible that Enest was serving in the Army, as his first landing in France on 11th January 1915 suggests that he was probably a member of the Reserves when war broke out.
Marriage 5/8/1912 St James Wednesbury
Marriage of Ernest Allen and Nellie Morgan registered September quarter 1912 at West Bromwich.
Staffordshire Wednesbury
Church name St James
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 262
Marriage date 05 Aug 1912
Groom forename Ernest
Groom surname ALLEN
Groom age 28
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Wheel Smith
Groom abode 2 St. James St.
Bride forename Nellie
Bride surname MORGAN
Bride age 19
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 2 St. James St.
Groom father forename William
Groom father surname ALLEN
Groom father occupation Stoker
Bride father forename Joseph
Bride father surname MORGAN
Bride father occupation Labourer
Witness 1 Sidney JONES
Witness 2 Mary Harriet HOLYHEAD
Two children,
Joseph Ernest on 12th December 1913 Thomas William on 12th November 1917,
6 months after his father's death
WW1 Records
Private 11290 Ernest Allen
Killed in Action on Saturday, 28th April 1917, age 32.
Commemorated on Bay 6 of Arras Memorial, Pas De Calais, France.
2nd Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment. 6th Brigade of 2nd Division.
Son of Mr and Mrs William Allen, of Meeting St., Wednesbury; husband of Nellie Allen, of 6, Hobbin St., Wednesbury, Staffs.
Born: Ocker Hill, Enlisted: Wednesbury, Resident: Unknown.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 28/4/1917 (32) KIA France
Burial Ernest Allen has no known grave
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/738458/
Commemorated on Bay 6 of Arras Memorial, Pas De Calais, France.
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial, but commemorated on the Wednesbury Roll of Honour.
Any other info
62 Other Ranks from the 2nd South Staffs were killed on 28th April, 5 of them from Tipton: Ernest Allen, Robert Jones, Frederick Mantle, William Perks and William Williams. All 5 Tipton men are commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Private 11290 Ernest Allen
Abt 1883 - 28/4/1917 (32)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/allen-ernest
Dob abt 1883 North Aston, Oxfordshire
Baptism 9/6/1884
Ernest Allen
Baptism Date 9 Jun 1884
Baptism Place Tipton, St Mark, Staffordshire, England
Religion Anglican
Father William Allen
Mother Ann Allen
Page number 155
Parents William Allen & Ann Millard
Parents Marriage 18/10/1874 St Matthew Walsall
William Allen
Ann Millard
Registration Year 1874
Registration QuarterOct-Nov-Dec
Registration District Walsall
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6b Page 1050
Freereg
Staffordshire Walsall
Church name St Matthew
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 82
Marriage date18 Oct 1874
Groom forename William
Groom surname ALLEN
Groom age 25
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Stoker
Groom abode New St
Bride forename Ann
Bride surname MILLARD
Bride age 25
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode New St
Groom father forename John
Groom father surname ALLEN
Groom father occupation Furnace man
Bride father forename Henry
Bride father surname MILLARD
Bride father occupation Green grocer Witness 1Charles STILLARD
Witness 2 Ellen MILLARD
Notes Witness 2 signed by mark
1891: 20 Holland Street, Tipton
William Allen 43 Head Forge Lab
Ann Allen 43 Wife
Lucy A Allen 16 Dau
Ernest Allen 8 Son
Henry Millard 69 Father in Law Living on own means
Lydia Millard 74 Mother in Law
1901 47 Meeting Street, Wednesbury, Staffs.
William Allen (52, Boiler Stoker at Steel Works, born Hill Top, West Bromwich), his wife Ann (52, born Oxfordshire), and their son Ernest (17, Labourer at Gas Tube Works, born Ocker Hill).
1911
Unable to trace. It is possible that Enest was serving in the Army, as his first landing in France on 11th January 1915 suggests that he was probably a member of the Reserves when war broke out.
Marriage 5/8/1912 St James Wednesbury
Marriage of Ernest Allen and Nellie Morgan registered September quarter 1912 at West Bromwich.
Staffordshire Wednesbury
Church name St James
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 262
Marriage date 05 Aug 1912
Groom forename Ernest
Groom surname ALLEN
Groom age 28
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Wheel Smith
Groom abode 2 St. James St.
Bride forename Nellie
Bride surname MORGAN
Bride age 19
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 2 St. James St.
Groom father forename William
Groom father surname ALLEN
Groom father occupation Stoker
Bride father forename Joseph
Bride father surname MORGAN
Bride father occupation Labourer
Witness 1 Sidney JONES
Witness 2 Mary Harriet HOLYHEAD
Two children,
Joseph Ernest on 12th December 1913 Thomas William on 12th November 1917,
6 months after his father's death
WW1 Records
Private 11290 Ernest Allen
Killed in Action on Saturday, 28th April 1917, age 32.
Commemorated on Bay 6 of Arras Memorial, Pas De Calais, France.
2nd Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment. 6th Brigade of 2nd Division.
Son of Mr and Mrs William Allen, of Meeting St., Wednesbury; husband of Nellie Allen, of 6, Hobbin St., Wednesbury, Staffs.
Born: Ocker Hill, Enlisted: Wednesbury, Resident: Unknown.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 28/4/1917 (32) KIA France
Burial Ernest Allen has no known grave
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/738458/
Commemorated on Bay 6 of Arras Memorial, Pas De Calais, France.
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial, but commemorated on the Wednesbury Roll of Honour.
Any other info
62 Other Ranks from the 2nd South Staffs were killed on 28th April, 5 of them from Tipton: Ernest Allen, Robert Jones, Frederick Mantle, William Perks and William Williams. All 5 Tipton men are commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
