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Pvt John De Renzi Allen

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Pvt John De Renzi Allen Veteran

Birth
County Tipperary, Ireland
Death
29 Aug 1918 (aged 32)
Calais, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial
Ligny-Saint-Flochel, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
III. A. 19.
Memorial ID
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2600830 Private John De Renzi Allen.
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.



2600830 Private John De Renzi Allen.
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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  • Maintained by: John
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56446603/john_de_renzi-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt John De Renzi Allen (19 Dec 1885–29 Aug 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56446603, citing Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, Ligny-Saint-Flochel, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by John (contributor 47032041).