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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 438

'Official news has been received by Mr. and Mrs. S. Allen of 14, Heckford Road, Poole, of the death in action of their son, Private C. Allen, Hampshire Regiment. The deceased, who was only 20 years old, was killed on November 2nd, while fighting with General Allenby's forces in Palestine. Prior to enlisting he was in the employ the London and South-Western Railway Co., as a porter at Poole Railway Station.'

The East Dorset Herald, Thursday, 29 November 1917, refers.

Pair: Private C. Allen, 1/8th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action at the Third Battle of Gaza in November 1917

British War and Victory Medals (2786 Pte. C. Allen, Hamps. R.), extremely fine (2)

Charles Allen - who first entered a theatre of war in 1916, or later - has no known grave and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial.

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