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Military service
Service number:
157118
Age:
36
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
81st Bn.
Birth:
September 30, 1879
Stayner, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 15, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
T. 412.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Sarah Jane Allen, of Stayner; husband of Hanna (née Freeman) Allen, of Aurora, Ontario. He stated he was a Presbyterian Minister. He served in Canada and Britain. He held a Master of Arts Degree and Bachelor of Divinity.
Additional citations
Not eligible for the 1914-1915 Star, nor the Victory Medal, British War Medal
Digital gallery of Corporal Henry Harold Allen
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Roll of Honour
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping, 19 June 1916; source unknown. -
Photo of Henry Allen
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. <P> Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto was built in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Carved on the Memorial Screen are the names of those lost in that struggle. Photo: K. Parks -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Cemetery
HH Allen at Shorncliffe June 2021 -
Newspaper clipping
From the WW1 issues of the Aurora Banner. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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Corporal Henry Harold Allen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Harold Allen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Harold Allen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Harold Allen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Harold Allen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Harold Allen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Harold Allen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Harold Allen
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Harold Allen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY Kent, United Kingdom
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