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WALTER ALLEN
BORN ST MARKS, HULL 13/04/1889. THIRD SON OF WILLIAM ALLEN AND EDITH BREWSTER, OF 11, ANN'S PLACE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL. SON OF A LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EYR. POSTED TO THE DARDENELLES, ON 29/09/1915. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI. INVALIDED TO ENGLAND. TRANSFREED TO THE 3RD EYR DEPOT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT ORPINGTON, KENT, 08/10/1916, AGED 27.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM.
HE IS BURIED IN A CWGC GRAVE, AT HULL HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE PORTLAND STREET & GARDEN STREET MEMORIAL,HULL.
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