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Driver WILFRED ALLEN

Service Number: 16739
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

No. 5 "C" Reserve Bde.

Date of Death

Died 09 October 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHAW (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD

642.

United Kingdom

Headstone

Photographer: Peter Bennett

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Mary J. Allen, of 36, Cowlisham, Shaw.
  • Personal Inscription WE SAW HIM FADING LIKE A FLOWER TILL GOD TOOK HIM AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

SHAW (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 10
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