Canadian Machine Gun Corps.
2nd Battalion.
Died of wounds.
Aged 32
Son of Benjamin William Allen and Mrs. Harriette Waters Allen, of Bank of Ireland House, Tipperary, Ireland.
John de Renzi Allen enlisted into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 17th September 1917, at Calgary, Canada. He named B.W. Allen of Tipperary, Ireland, as his father and next-of-kin. He gave his date of birth as 19 December 1885. He was a policeman, and appears to have served for 8 years. He was single.
For further details on him, see the bio of his father.
His name is included in the
Mount Jerome Cemetery War Memorial
His name is noted on the War Memorial at The High School, Dublin [now at Rathgar].
His brother
Lieut. Arthur Haviland Allen
also died in WW1.
Canadian Machine Gun Corps.
2nd Battalion.
Died of wounds.
Aged 32
Son of Benjamin William Allen and Mrs. Harriette Waters Allen, of Bank of Ireland House, Tipperary, Ireland.
John de Renzi Allen enlisted into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 17th September 1917, at Calgary, Canada. He named B.W. Allen of Tipperary, Ireland, as his father and next-of-kin. He gave his date of birth as 19 December 1885. He was a policeman, and appears to have served for 8 years. He was single.
For further details on him, see the bio of his father.
His name is included in the
Mount Jerome Cemetery War Memorial
His name is noted on the War Memorial at The High School, Dublin [now at Rathgar].
His brother
Lieut. Arthur Haviland Allen
also died in WW1.
Inscription
Transcription of the headstone on his father's grave in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.
In Loving Memory
of
B.W. ALLEN
late agent Bank of Ireland, Tipperary
who fell asleep Oct. 14th 1918
aged 65 years
also his fondly loved sons
JOHN DE RENZI
2nd Canadian M.G.C.
killed in action near Cherisy, France
August 29th 1918
and
ARTHUR HAVILAND
1st R.D.F.
killed in action near Langemark, Belgium
Oct. 4th 1917
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