Address: Halfway Houses (1911 census and 1918 Bucks Absent Voters List)
Parents: Allen, Ralph (died 1933) & Hannah (died 1943)
Born: 1897, Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire.
Family information:
1901 census: at Halfway Houses, Hanslope, Ann Allen, head of household aged 62 (born Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire) was recorded as living with Mabel Allen age 8, granddaughter, Sarah Allen age 7 and Horace Allen age 4, grandchildren, all had been born in Preston Deanery.
1911 census recorded:
(Name Relation Age Occupation Birthplace)
Ralph Allen Head 44 Coach Finisher’s Labourer Cirencester, Glos.
Hannah Allen Wife 48 School Caretaker Buckby Wharf, Northants
Horace Harvey Allen Son 14 Farm labourer Preston Deanery, Northants
Cecil Allen Son 9 Hanslope, Bucks
Ann Gardener Allen Mother 72 Ashton Keynes, Wilts.
nb Arthur Allen, son born Hanslope 1899 died age 4 months.
Newspaper reports: none found
Army career: Private 136820 Royal Engineers (Buckinghamshire Roll)
Also 38556 17th Hants (Hanslope Absent Voters List)*
*May have been transferred to this regiment later in the war.
Rank Driver Corps Royal Engineers Service record Number: 136820. (Lives WW1, Imperial War Museum).
Medals: Campaign Medal Index Cards and Silver War Badge Cards National Archive reference WO372/1.
Remembered: Roll of Honour, St James the Great, Hanslope.