Military service
Service number:
770099
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
July 17, 1897
Ymir, British Columbia
Enlistment:
January 11, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James C. and Isabella Allen, of 9, Alcina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Ben Allen
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Photo of BEN ALLEN
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Press Clipping
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Ben Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Ben Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Ben Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Ben Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Ben Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Ben Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Ben Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Ben Allen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 190 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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