Private Walter Allen

Army Number: 29347

Battalion: 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Matlock, Derbyshire. Son of Agnes Allen. He enlisted at Chesterfield, Derbyshire and was killed in action on 28th April 1917 whilst serving in the trenches at Hill 60, Belgium.

Buried Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium. Plot 4. Row B. Grave 25.

Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium.

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