Private Frederick Allen

Army Number: 11929

Battalion: 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Boulton, Derbyshire. Son of William and Bessie Allen, of 23, Becker Street, Derby. He was a labourer prior to enlisting at Derby. He went to France on 8th September 1914 and was killed in action on 20th September 1914, when the battalion was ordered to retake trenches taken by the Germans at the head of the Troyon Valley, France, during the Battle of the Aisne.

Commemorated La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.