Private Samuel Allen

Army Number: 26226

Battalion : 17th Battalion (Welbeck Rangers), Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire. Husband of Eliza Allen, of 54 James Street, Arnold. He was an ironworker and enlisted in Nottingham on 19th May 1915 and was posted to the 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. Went to France on 6th March 1916 and was posted to the 17th Battalion (Welbeck Rangers), Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment on 20th August 1916. He was killed in action on 24th August 1916, during the attack at Beaumont Hamel, France during the Battle of the Somme.

Buried Ancre British Cemetery, France. Plot 6, Row 6, Grave 26

Private Samuel Allen is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.