Frederick Samuel Allen
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He was the son of George and Harriett Allen and the brother of Elizabeth and Ada Winifred Allen. In 1901 they lived at 15 Sherbrooke Road Nottingham and by 1911 at Clifton Nottingham. In 1911 Frederick was living with his sister Elizabeth Tempest and her husband Amos at 9 Sherbrooke Terrace Carrington Nottingham.
Frederick Samuel Allen enlisted at Nottingham and is buried in Bellicourt British Cemetery, Grave Reference: VI A 1
Clifton (St Mary) churchyard family headstone (Allen) also Frederick Samuel killed in action in France 3 October 1918 age 26 [sic] (Nottingham Family History Society) Nottingham Evening Post, In Memoriam 3rd October 1919: “ALLEN. – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Signaller Fred Allen, 1/6th Sherwood Foresters, late of Clifton, killed in action October 3rd, 1918. He sleeps besides his comrades in a hallowed grave unknown, but his name is written in words of love in the hearts he left at home. – Sorrowing mother, father, brother, and sisters. “ALLEN and TEMPEST. – In fond remembrance of our dear brothers, killed in action, 1918, Fred Allen, October 3rd, and Harry Tempest, September 18th, Sherwood Foresters. A supreme sacrifice. – Lizzie, Ann, and May.” Notices courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
