Completed William Henry Allen
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:35 am
Private 16509 William Henry Allen
Abt 1881??- 26/10/1917 (36)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... liam-henry
Abt 1881 Birmingham ??
Baptism-
Help to find Parents and their marriage please
Charles Allen & Elizabeth ??
Parents Marriage ??
1901 Census ??
Cannot trace.
Marriage 5/8/1910 St Martin Tipton
Staffordshire Tipton
Church name St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 147
Marriage date 05 Aug 1910
Groom forename William Henry
Groom surname ALLEN
Groom age 29
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Moulder
Groom abode 27 Alexandra Road
Bride forename Mary Ann
Bride surname CARTWRIGHT
Bride age 21
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 15 Church Yard Road
Groom father forename Charles
Groom father surname ALLEN
Groom father occupation Brass worker
Bride father forename William
Bride father surname CARTWRIGHT
Bride father occupation Labourer
Witness 1 Samuel MANSELL
Witness 2 Esther TIMMINS
William Henry Allen
Mary A Cartwright
Registration Year1910
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6c Page 109
William H Allen
Mary A Cartwright
Registration Year 1910
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6c Page 109
1911 ??
WW1 Records
Private 16509 William Henry Allen
Died of Wounds on Friday, 26th October 1917, age 36.
Buried in Grave II. K. 42. at Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
1st Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment. 91st Brigade of 7th Division.
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Allen, of 57, Waterloo St., Tipton; husband of Mary Ann Allen, of 57, Waterloo St., Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Tipton, Resident: Tipton.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 26/10/1917 (36) Died of Wounds Belgium
Buried in Grave II. K. 42. at Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/102913/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11151250/w-h-allen
Commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial.
Any other info
The 1st South Staffs had 6 Officers and 114 Other Ranks killed on the 26th October, amongst them 2 Tipton men - William Allen and George Bladen
William is buried in Perth Cemetery (China Wall), just over a mile south east of Ypres. George, like most of the South Staffs casualties of that day, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Abt 1881??- 26/10/1917 (36)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... liam-henry
Abt 1881 Birmingham ??
Baptism-
Help to find Parents and their marriage please
Charles Allen & Elizabeth ??
Parents Marriage ??
1901 Census ??
Cannot trace.
Marriage 5/8/1910 St Martin Tipton
Staffordshire Tipton
Church name St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 147
Marriage date 05 Aug 1910
Groom forename William Henry
Groom surname ALLEN
Groom age 29
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Moulder
Groom abode 27 Alexandra Road
Bride forename Mary Ann
Bride surname CARTWRIGHT
Bride age 21
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 15 Church Yard Road
Groom father forename Charles
Groom father surname ALLEN
Groom father occupation Brass worker
Bride father forename William
Bride father surname CARTWRIGHT
Bride father occupation Labourer
Witness 1 Samuel MANSELL
Witness 2 Esther TIMMINS
William Henry Allen
Mary A Cartwright
Registration Year1910
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6c Page 109
William H Allen
Mary A Cartwright
Registration Year 1910
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6c Page 109
1911 ??
WW1 Records
Private 16509 William Henry Allen
Died of Wounds on Friday, 26th October 1917, age 36.
Buried in Grave II. K. 42. at Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
1st Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment. 91st Brigade of 7th Division.
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Allen, of 57, Waterloo St., Tipton; husband of Mary Ann Allen, of 57, Waterloo St., Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Tipton, Resident: Tipton.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 26/10/1917 (36) Died of Wounds Belgium
Buried in Grave II. K. 42. at Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/102913/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11151250/w-h-allen
Commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial.
Any other info
The 1st South Staffs had 6 Officers and 114 Other Ranks killed on the 26th October, amongst them 2 Tipton men - William Allen and George Bladen
William is buried in Perth Cemetery (China Wall), just over a mile south east of Ypres. George, like most of the South Staffs casualties of that day, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
