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ID:27

Joseph William Allen 1897-?

 

 

Relationship:

Gaz’s 1st cousin 2x removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birth:

1897 Dudley, Worcestershire

 

 

Death:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother:

Alice Williams (b.1877)

 

 

Father:

William Allen (b.1877) /ID:39

 

 

Siblings:

Joseph William Allen (b.1897)/ID:27

 

 

 

Charles Allen (b.1899)/ID:7

 

 

 

Sarah Allen (b.1903)/ID:34

 

 

 

William Allen (b.1905) / ID:1038

 

 

 

John Thomas Allen (b.1905)/ID:25

 

 

 

Mark Allen (b.1909)/ID:28

 

 

 

Alice Allen (b.1911)/ID:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spouse:

 

 

 

Children:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1897

1897- Birth of Joseph William Allen in Dudley, Staffordshire

 

 

1901

1901 Census for 'Dunn Street, Dudley'

 

Name          

Relationship   

Status   

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County       

Occupation

Alice Allen      

Head         

Married

23     

1878    

Female  

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Joseph Allen

Son

 

4

1897

Male

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Charles Allen

Son

 

3

1898

Male

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Annie Williams

Mother

 

61

1840

Female

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Maud Williams

Sister

 

28

1873

Female

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Ada Williams

Sister

 

11

1890

Female

Dudley, Worcs     

 

 

 

 

 

1911

2 April 1911 - 1911 Census for 3, Court 3, Vicarage Prospect, Dudley'

 

Name               

Relationship   

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County       

Occupation         

William Allen   

Head         

34     

1877    

Male     

Dudley, Worcs     

Bricklayers Labourer

Alice Allen

Wife

34

1877

Female

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Joseph William Allen

Son

14

1897

Male     

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Charles Allen

Son

12

1899

Male     

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Sarah Allen

Daughter

8

1903

Female

Dudley, Worcs     

School

William Allen

Son

6

1905

Male     

Dudley, Worcs     

School

John Thomas Allen

Son

4

1907

Male

Huntington, Staffs

 

Mark Allen

Son

2

1909

Male     

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Alice Allen

Daughter

2 mths

1911

Female

Dudley, Worcs     

 

 

 

1914-1918

1st December 1914 – Joseph William enlisted in the army.Regimental No.141929

We learn from the claim for disability that Joseph was wounded a number of times.

 

16th June 1917 – Wounded in action

 

2nd August 1917 – Left upper extremity of a light metal removed from surface – fit for duty.

 

21st March 1918 – Wounded in hand

 

25th May 1918 – Wounded in left leg

 

5th October 1918 – Wounded in right shoulder

 

1919

 

1st March 1919 – Joseph is discharged from the army.

 

When demobilised he had no serious effects from his injuries, as regards to arm or pain in chest or vomiting, but symptoms appeared when he began to work about a month after demobilisation.
However, his claim for disability was rejected on 12
th December 1919.