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Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France
First Name: William Last Name: ALLEN
Date of Death: 28/01/1915 Lived/Born In: London
Rank: Sergeant Unit: Royal Field Artillery 24th Brigade
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Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France

 

24 Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery went to France in September, 1914 as part of 6th Division and spent the rest of the war on the Western Front.  On 28th January 1915, 24 Brigade was operating near Chapelle-d'Armentieres where the enemy guns were equally as active as their own and that afternoon 5 shells fell in the billets of the ammunition column, killing William Allen and wounding 3 other men.

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