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Surname: ALLEN
Forename(s): Herbert
Place of Birth: Gayle, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Air Force
Battalion / Unit: 56th Squadron
Division: ---
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-08-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GAYLE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Herbert Allen was the son of Elijah and Alice Allen, née Preston. Elijah was born at Sedbergh, Yorkshire and Alice at Kendal, Westmorland. Herbert was the cousin of Gunner Alexander Kirkbride (129805) (q.v.).
1901 Gayle, Yorkshire Census: Rose Cottage - Herbert Allen, aged 1 year, born Hawes, Yorkshire, son of Elijah and Alice Allen.
1911 Gayle, Yorkshire Census: Herbert Allen, aged 11 years, born Gayle, son of Elijah and Alice Allen.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Cadet/Pte Herbert Allen, 5/7118, R.F.C.; 2/Lt R.F.C. and R.A.F. Deceased.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: 2 Lt H. Allen, R.A.F. Date and Place of Death: 10.8.18 on or since. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Elijah Allen Esq. £71 1s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Herbert not found.
A short biography of Herbert is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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2nd Lieutenant Herbert ALLEN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Air Force
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23 August 1918
WOUNDED AND MISSING
Mr. and Mrs. E. Allen, Gayle, Hawes, have received news that their youngest son, Second-Lieutenant Herbert Allen, R.A.F., has been missing since August 10th. The young airman, who is 19 years of age, joined the Army in June, 1917, and was transferred to the R.A.F. in December. He was gazetted in March last, and went overseas in June.
22 November 1918
A GAYLE OFFICER MISSING
Second Lieutenant Herbert Allan, R.A.F., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Allen, Gayle, Hawes, has been missing since August 10th. Nothing has been heard of him since his machine went out along with others to bomb the German lines.
04 July 1919
PEACE SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'CRAVEN HERALD' - CRAVEN'S FALLEN OFFICERS
SECOND-LIEUTENANT H. ALLEN
Royal Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Allan, Gayle, Hawes, missing since August 10th, 1918.
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