Private Albert Allen

Army Number: 20112 (formerly 14398 Leicestershire Regiment)

Battalion: 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He was born and lived at Hasland, Derbyshire. Son of Thomas and Hannah Allen, of 7 Storforth Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Chesterfield, Derbyshire and was killed in action, on 5th July 1916 during the attack on the German positions at La Boisselle, France during the Battle of the Somme

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A

Private Albert Allen is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Eastwood Park War Memorial, Hasland, Derbyshire.