ALLEN Horace

  • First Name(s):
    Horace 
  • Surname:
    ALLEN
  • Service Number:
    33512
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    3rd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    11th April 1918
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium, Panel 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of David and Matilda Allen, 52, Crabbe St., Wollescote, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

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ALLEN Horace Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window
Wollescote School

Further Information About ALLEN Horace

Horace Allen enlisted in the Worcesters and was sent to the 3rd Battalion.  In 1917 they were in action at Westhoek in the Third Battle of Ypres and in early 1918 they were in reserve near St. Quentin.  The first German Spring Offensive overwhelmed the front line on the 21st March and the enemy drove the Worcesters back in a general retreat.  They were transferred to the Ypres sector only to face the second German offensive on the Lys.  From the 9th April they again retreated, fought hard at Neuve Eglise but were forced back to the Ravelsberg ridge.  At last the German attack was halted in a €˜backs to the wall’ last effort.  Casualties were very high and included Private Horace Allen who was killed in action on the 11th April.

Horace Allen has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Ploegsteert Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.