George Harry Allen is shown with his mother Marcelina Rachel Allen and (probably) brother Sidney. Photo © Jennifer Blaber and Heather Drislane
G. H. Allen
Service no. G/52892
Private, Middlesex Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Born in Wandsworth, enlisted in Camberwell, lived in Lambeth
Killed in action on 25 March 1918, aged 20
“Son of George and Lena [Marcelina] Allen, of 2A, Wheatsheaf Lane, Lambeth, London.”
Remembered at Pozières Memorial, Somme, France
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911 the Allen family lived at 18 Riverhall Street, Lambeth. George Henry Allen (senior), 37, was a engineer working in cold stores. He was born at Marchington, Staffordshire. His wife, Marcelina, 35, was from Kirtling, Cambridge. Five sons are registered (one child had died):
George Henry Allen, then 12, born in Clapham
Sidney Alwen Allen, 10, born in Battersea
Edward Albert Allen, 7, born in Battersea
Earnest Cyril Allen, 4, born in Kennington
Frederick James Allen, 5 months, born in Kennington
The family lived in 2 rooms.