2nd Lieutenant Walter Smith Allen

Walter Smith Allen was born in 1897 in Great Glen, son of Walter Allen, a blacksmith, and Mary A Allen. He lived in Great Glen and attended Kibworth Grammar School from 1907.

He was serving in 2nd/5th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) when he was killed in action on Thursday 21st March 1918 aged 24.

Walter Allen is commemorated on Bay of The Arras Memorial in the Faubourg-d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France.

As a resident of Great Glen he is also recorded on the war memorial in Great Glen.

Further information on 2nd Lieutenant Allen may be found by following this link to Great Glen war memorial.