Army Number: 2718779 Rank: Guardsman Name: R ALLEN Unit: 1 Irish Guards GSM & Clasp: GSM, Palestine Clasp 1936 - 1939 TNA Reference: WO 100/503
Casualty Serjeant ALLEN, ROBERT EDWIN Service Number 2718779 Died 09/09/1944 Aged 24 3rd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Alfred and Rubina Allen; husband of Violet Allen, of Bolton, Lancashire. INSCRIPTION: TO BE TOGETHER IN THE SAME OLD WAY WOULD BE OUR DEAREST WISH TO-DAY Buried at LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY Location: Limburg (Belgium), Belgium Cemetery/memorial reference: IV. C. 7.