ALLEN John

Served during the Great War.

The Kidderminster Shuttle, 25th September 1915, John Allen was one of 6 policemen mentioned with photograph:
Our Policemen Soldiers
John Allen, aged twenty-six; height, 6ft. Police service, three and a half years. Native of Kidderminster.
All enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery on July 15th last, and are now stationed in the South of England. Hall, Palmer, Allen, Haycox and Large are attached to the 49th Battery (Siege), R.F.A., and Moody is now attached to the 56th Battery (Siege), R.G.A. All are single men.

John Allen was baptised on 29th April 1889 at Kidderminster, the son of John and Elizabeth Allen. He died in 1953.

On the 1911 census John Allen, aged 22 was resident with his parents John and Elizabeth Allen and 6 of his siblings at 161 Park Street, Kidderminster. He was employed as a flour mill labourer.

1939 Register
17 St Johns Avenue, Kidderminster
John Allen, born 19th March 1889 Police Sergeant (Retired) Police Reserve
Lucy Allen, born 14th February 1887, Unpaid Domestic Duties

Probate:
Allen John of 17 St Johns Avenue, Kidderminster, died 1 December 1953 at Blakebrook Hospital, Kidderminster. Probate London 24 March 1954 to Lucy Allen widow and Horace Edwin Yeates grocer. Effects £5371 11s 9d.