Frank Herbert Allen
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2026 4:48 pm
Private 201561 Frank Herbert Allen
Abt 1886 - 24/10/1917 (30)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... nk-herbert
Dob abt 1886 Martly Worcestershire
Frank Herbert AllenRegistration Date1886
Quarter of the Year Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Place Martley, Worcestershire, England
Volume 6c Page 267
Baptism -
Parents Thomas Allen & Fanny Bydawell??
Parents Marriage
24/12/1882 St Clenent Worcester
Thomas Allen
Gender Male
Marriage Date 24 Dec 1882
Marriage Place Saint Clement, Worcester, England
Spouse Fanny Bydawell
FHL Film Number 0376937-939
1891 Park Labe Hallow Worcs
Thomas Allen 29 Farm Labourer
Fanny Allen 34
Lillie Allen 11
Mary Allen 6
Frank H Allen 4
Joseph T Allen 1
1901 Parkfield Road, Hallow, Worcs.
Thomas Allen (41, Cowman, born Grimley), his wife Fanny Allen (45, born unknown),and their six children: Frank Herbert (14, Errand Boy, born Hallow), Joseph Thomas (11, born Hallow), Maud (9, born Hallow), Henry George (7, born Hallow), Florence Evelyn (4, born Hallow), and Millicent May (2, born Hallow).
Marriage
20/10/1907 St Johns Princess End Tipton
Frank Herbert Allen
Annie Olive Walton
registered December qtr 1907, at Dudley.
Frank Herbert Allen
Annie Olive Walton
Registration Year1907
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6c Page 165
Staffordshire Princes End
Church name St John the Evangelist
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 327
Marriage date 20 Oct 1907
Groom forename Frank Herbert
Groom surname ALLEN
Groom age 20
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Groom
Groom abode 8 Barnfield Rd
Bride forename Annie Olive
Bride surname WALTON
Bride age 17 Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 8 Barnfield Rd
Groom father forename Thomas
Groom father surname ALLEN
Groom father occupation Cowman
Bride father forename George Albert
Bride father surname WALTON
Bride father occupation Horse Driver
Witness 1 Joseph Thomas ALLEN
Witness 2 Alice Maud WOOD
1911 Neptune Street, Tipton, Staffs.
In the household of George Albert Walton (43, Carter, born Kinver) - Frank's father-in-law;
Frank Herbert Allen (24, Labourer for Oil and Grease Merchant, born Hallow, Worcs), his wife Annie Olive Allen (18, born 04/02/1893 in Tipton), and their two children: Leslie Frank (3, born 12/9/1907 in Tipton) and Audrey Winifred (1, born 07/08/1909 in Tipton). Annie was married and had given birth to their first child before the age of 15. At that time, a girl could marry at the age of 12 with parental permission. Two further daughters were born, Gwendoline Mary on 20/6/1913 and Evelyn Maud on 12/1/1916
WW1 Records
Private 201561 Frank Herbert Allen
Killed in Action on Wednesday, 24th October 1917, age 30.
Commemorated on Bay 6 of Arras Memorial, Pas De Calais, France.
2nd/7th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment. 183rd Brigade of 61st Division.
Formerly 3855 Worcestershire Regiment.
Husband of Mrs Annie Olive Allen, of 12 Barnfield Road, Bloomfield, Tipton.
Born: Hallow, Worcs, Enlisted: Dudley, Resident: Tipton.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 24/10/1917 (30) KIA France
Burial Frank Herbert Allen has no known grave
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/738466/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124 ... bert-allen
Commemorated on Bay 6 of Arras Memorial, Pas De Calais, France
And on the Tipton Library, and St. Matthew's memorials.
Any other info
Frank's two brothers, Joseph Thomas and Henry George, also served in the Great War.
Joseph served with the Army Service Corps (Horse Transport) and later with the Royal Engineers (Railway Troops); he served 2 years in Salonika. Henry served with the Royal Field Artillery, he first served in Egypt. Henry was a Bombardier, but his rank was reduced to Driver. Both brothers survived the war.
Abt 1886 - 24/10/1917 (30)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... nk-herbert
Dob abt 1886 Martly Worcestershire
Frank Herbert AllenRegistration Date1886
Quarter of the Year Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Place Martley, Worcestershire, England
Volume 6c Page 267
Baptism -
Parents Thomas Allen & Fanny Bydawell??
Parents Marriage
24/12/1882 St Clenent Worcester
Thomas Allen
Gender Male
Marriage Date 24 Dec 1882
Marriage Place Saint Clement, Worcester, England
Spouse Fanny Bydawell
FHL Film Number 0376937-939
1891 Park Labe Hallow Worcs
Thomas Allen 29 Farm Labourer
Fanny Allen 34
Lillie Allen 11
Mary Allen 6
Frank H Allen 4
Joseph T Allen 1
1901 Parkfield Road, Hallow, Worcs.
Thomas Allen (41, Cowman, born Grimley), his wife Fanny Allen (45, born unknown),and their six children: Frank Herbert (14, Errand Boy, born Hallow), Joseph Thomas (11, born Hallow), Maud (9, born Hallow), Henry George (7, born Hallow), Florence Evelyn (4, born Hallow), and Millicent May (2, born Hallow).
Marriage
20/10/1907 St Johns Princess End Tipton
Frank Herbert Allen
Annie Olive Walton
registered December qtr 1907, at Dudley.
Frank Herbert Allen
Annie Olive Walton
Registration Year1907
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6c Page 165
Staffordshire Princes End
Church name St John the Evangelist
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 327
Marriage date 20 Oct 1907
Groom forename Frank Herbert
Groom surname ALLEN
Groom age 20
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Groom
Groom abode 8 Barnfield Rd
Bride forename Annie Olive
Bride surname WALTON
Bride age 17 Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 8 Barnfield Rd
Groom father forename Thomas
Groom father surname ALLEN
Groom father occupation Cowman
Bride father forename George Albert
Bride father surname WALTON
Bride father occupation Horse Driver
Witness 1 Joseph Thomas ALLEN
Witness 2 Alice Maud WOOD
1911 Neptune Street, Tipton, Staffs.
In the household of George Albert Walton (43, Carter, born Kinver) - Frank's father-in-law;
Frank Herbert Allen (24, Labourer for Oil and Grease Merchant, born Hallow, Worcs), his wife Annie Olive Allen (18, born 04/02/1893 in Tipton), and their two children: Leslie Frank (3, born 12/9/1907 in Tipton) and Audrey Winifred (1, born 07/08/1909 in Tipton). Annie was married and had given birth to their first child before the age of 15. At that time, a girl could marry at the age of 12 with parental permission. Two further daughters were born, Gwendoline Mary on 20/6/1913 and Evelyn Maud on 12/1/1916
WW1 Records
Private 201561 Frank Herbert Allen
Killed in Action on Wednesday, 24th October 1917, age 30.
Commemorated on Bay 6 of Arras Memorial, Pas De Calais, France.
2nd/7th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment. 183rd Brigade of 61st Division.
Formerly 3855 Worcestershire Regiment.
Husband of Mrs Annie Olive Allen, of 12 Barnfield Road, Bloomfield, Tipton.
Born: Hallow, Worcs, Enlisted: Dudley, Resident: Tipton.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 24/10/1917 (30) KIA France
Burial Frank Herbert Allen has no known grave
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/738466/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124 ... bert-allen
Commemorated on Bay 6 of Arras Memorial, Pas De Calais, France
And on the Tipton Library, and St. Matthew's memorials.
Any other info
Frank's two brothers, Joseph Thomas and Henry George, also served in the Great War.
Joseph served with the Army Service Corps (Horse Transport) and later with the Royal Engineers (Railway Troops); he served 2 years in Salonika. Henry served with the Royal Field Artillery, he first served in Egypt. Henry was a Bombardier, but his rank was reduced to Driver. Both brothers survived the war.
