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Regimental Sergeant Maj John Allen Veteran

Birth
County Down, Northern Ireland
Death
9 Aug 1918 (aged 35)
Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Range 13.
Memorial ID
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Regimental Sergeant Major Allen died of tuberculosis in the Sir Oliver Mowat Memorial Sanitorium in Kingston, Ontario.


Military Service:-

Rank: Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I)

Service Number: 724001

Age: 35

Force: Army

Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division: 124th Battalion


A fireman by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 24 Feb 1915 in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.


Son of Mrs. Ellen Aitken of Belfast, Ireland; husband of Clara Helen (née Webb) Allen of Lindsay; brother of Kathleen Beryl and Cecil Walter.


Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) John Allen is commemorated on Page 358 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.

He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Regimental Sergeant Major Allen died of tuberculosis in the Sir Oliver Mowat Memorial Sanitorium in Kingston, Ontario.


Military Service:-

Rank: Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I)

Service Number: 724001

Age: 35

Force: Army

Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division: 124th Battalion


A fireman by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 24 Feb 1915 in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.


Son of Mrs. Ellen Aitken of Belfast, Ireland; husband of Clara Helen (née Webb) Allen of Lindsay; brother of Kathleen Beryl and Cecil Walter.


Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) John Allen is commemorated on Page 358 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.

He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.


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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175646985/john-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Regimental Sergeant Maj John Allen (1 Apr 1883–9 Aug 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 175646985, citing Riverside Cemetery, Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).