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Six: Private T. Allen, Royal West Kent Regiment, who died of disease on the Western Front on 27 March 1917
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2645 Pte. T. Allen 1st. Bn. Ryl. W. Kent Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2645 Pte. T. Allen, 2nd. Rl. W. Kent Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2645 Pte. T. Allen. Rl. W. Kent Regt.); 1914-15 Star (S-1095. Pte. T. Allen, R.W. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (GSSR-1095 Pte. T. Allen. R.W. Kent R.) minor edge bruising and contact marks to the first three, these very fine; the Great War trio extremely fine (6) £300-£400
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Thomas Allen was born in Gravesend, Kent, in 1873 and attested there for the Royal West Kent Regiment on 20 November 1889, aged 16. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from January 1892 to March 1898, seeing active service during the operations on the Punjab Frontier. Transferring to the 2nd Battalion, he saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from March 1900 to September 1902, and was discharged on 15 September 1902, after 12 years’ service.
Re-enlisting in his old regiment on 7 October 1914, Allen served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 April 1915, and served with distinction until falling ill with severe gastritis on March 1917. Admitted to 23rd Casualty Clearing Station, he died of haematemesis on 27 March 1917, and is buried at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France.
Sold with the recipient’s Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Gravesend Certificate of Honour, named to ‘Thomas Allen, Private, Royal West Kents’, in original envelope, this rare; commemorative C.W.G.C. Memorial Scroll; and copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2645 Pte. T. Allen 1st. Bn. Ryl. W. Kent Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2645 Pte. T. Allen, 2nd. Rl. W. Kent Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2645 Pte. T. Allen. Rl. W. Kent Regt.); 1914-15 Star (S-1095. Pte. T. Allen, R.W. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (GSSR-1095 Pte. T. Allen. R.W. Kent R.) minor edge bruising and contact marks to the first three, these very fine; the Great War trio extremely fine (6) £300-£400
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Thomas Allen was born in Gravesend, Kent, in 1873 and attested there for the Royal West Kent Regiment on 20 November 1889, aged 16. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from January 1892 to March 1898, seeing active service during the operations on the Punjab Frontier. Transferring to the 2nd Battalion, he saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from March 1900 to September 1902, and was discharged on 15 September 1902, after 12 years’ service.
Re-enlisting in his old regiment on 7 October 1914, Allen served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 April 1915, and served with distinction until falling ill with severe gastritis on March 1917. Admitted to 23rd Casualty Clearing Station, he died of haematemesis on 27 March 1917, and is buried at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France.
Sold with the recipient’s Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Gravesend Certificate of Honour, named to ‘Thomas Allen, Private, Royal West Kents’, in original envelope, this rare; commemorative C.W.G.C. Memorial Scroll; and copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
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Six: Private T. Allen, Royal West Kent Regiment, who died of disease on the Western Front on 27 March 1917
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2645 Pte. T. Allen 1st. Bn. Ryl. W. Kent Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2645 Pte. T. Allen, 2nd. Rl. W. Kent Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2645 Pte. T. Allen. Rl. W. Kent Regt.); 1914-15 Star (S-1095. Pte. T. Allen, R.W. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (GSSR-1095 Pte. T. Allen. R.W. Kent R.) minor edge bruising and contact marks to the first three, these very fine; the Great War trio extremely fine (6) £300-£400
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Thomas Allen was born in Gravesend, Kent, in 1873 and attested there for the Royal West Kent Regiment on 20 November 1889, aged 16. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from January 1892 to March 1898, seeing active service during the operations on the Punjab Frontier. Transferring to the 2nd Battalion, he saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from March 1900 to September 1902, and was discharged on 15 September 1902, after 12 years’ service.
Re-enlisting in his old regiment on 7 October 1914, Allen served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 April 1915, and served with distinction until falling ill with severe gastritis on March 1917. Admitted to 23rd Casualty Clearing Station, he died of haematemesis on 27 March 1917, and is buried at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France.
Sold with the recipient’s Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Gravesend Certificate of Honour, named to ‘Thomas Allen, Private, Royal West Kents’, in original envelope, this rare; commemorative C.W.G.C. Memorial Scroll; and copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2645 Pte. T. Allen 1st. Bn. Ryl. W. Kent Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2645 Pte. T. Allen, 2nd. Rl. W. Kent Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2645 Pte. T. Allen. Rl. W. Kent Regt.); 1914-15 Star (S-1095. Pte. T. Allen, R.W. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (GSSR-1095 Pte. T. Allen. R.W. Kent R.) minor edge bruising and contact marks to the first three, these very fine; the Great War trio extremely fine (6) £300-£400
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Thomas Allen was born in Gravesend, Kent, in 1873 and attested there for the Royal West Kent Regiment on 20 November 1889, aged 16. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from January 1892 to March 1898, seeing active service during the operations on the Punjab Frontier. Transferring to the 2nd Battalion, he saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from March 1900 to September 1902, and was discharged on 15 September 1902, after 12 years’ service.
Re-enlisting in his old regiment on 7 October 1914, Allen served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 April 1915, and served with distinction until falling ill with severe gastritis on March 1917. Admitted to 23rd Casualty Clearing Station, he died of haematemesis on 27 March 1917, and is buried at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France.
Sold with the recipient’s Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Gravesend Certificate of Honour, named to ‘Thomas Allen, Private, Royal West Kents’, in original envelope, this rare; commemorative C.W.G.C. Memorial Scroll; and copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
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