Private Thomas Allen

Army Number: 201101 (formerly 3567)

Battalion: 1/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He was born at Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Husband of Agnes Allen, of Bailey Mill Yard, The Cliff, Matlock, Derbyshire. He was a stationary engineman prior to enlisting at Derby. He went to France on 25th June 1915 and was killed in action, 1st July 1916, in the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

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

Private Thomas Allen is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Matlock War Memorial, Matlock, Derbyshire.