Will O'Brien Posted 19 April , 2006 Share Posted 19 April , 2006 As per CWGC Name: ALLEN, PETER Initials: P Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Unit Text: 1st Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 19/04/1918 Service No: 20686 Additional information: Son of Thomas Allen, of Hole St., Wiston, Steyning, Sussex. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 31. Cemetery: AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY & the cemetery info Cemetery: AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Location Information: Aire is a town about 14 kilometres south-south-east of St. Omer. The Communal Cemetery is 0.75 kilometres north of the town, on the road to St. Omer and the four Commonwealth plots are on the east side. Historical Information: From March 1915 to February 1918, Aire was a busy but peaceful centre used by Commonwealth forces as corps headquarters. The Highland Casualty Clearing Station was based there as was the 39th Stationary Hospital (from May 1917) and other medical units. Plot I contains burials from this period. The burials in plots II, III and IV (rows A to F) relate to the fighting of 1918, when the 54th Casualty Clearing Station came to Aire and the town was, for a while, within 13 kilometres of the German lines. The cemetery now contains 894 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and a few French and German war graves. There are also 21 Second War burials, mostly dating from the withdrawal to Dunkirk in May 1940. The Commonwealth plots were designed by Sir Herbert Baker. No. of Identified Casualties: 921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 19 April , 2006 Share Posted 19 April , 2006 From SDGW His service number has the prefix G/ Born Wiston Sussex Enlisted Brighton DOW Formerly G/20622 Royal Sussex Regt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 19 April , 2006 Share Posted 19 April , 2006 He is commemorated here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 20 April , 2006 Share Posted 20 April , 2006 He is commemorated here With his younger brother Frederick Charles who was killed in action 09/05/1918, pte G/522 R. Sussex Reg 8th Bn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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