Arthur James Allen
(1889 or 1890-1918)
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SS Canopic
Gravestone, Corporal Arthur James Allen, St. Denys Churchyard, St. Dennis, Cornwall, England
Gravestone, Corporal Arthur James Allen, Cornwall, England
Arthur James Allen [also recorded as Allen Arthur]
*No Plaque located
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 11/5/1889 or 1890, St. Dennis, Cornwall, England
Birth: 11/5/1889 or 1890, St. Dennis, Cornwall, England
Address: 10913 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: Caucasian [no additional information as draft registration not found]
Appearance: draft registration not found, where appearance was typically recorded
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not found; enlistment date 5/28/1918; rank Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not found; enlistment date 5/28/1918; rank Corporal
Service Number: 3488112
Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York, New York aboard SS Canopic
Action: 13 Co 2 Inf Repl Draft Cp Gordon Ga July 12/18; Co A 26 Inf. Corp July 12/18. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. AEF July 21/18 to death.
Death: October 4 or 6, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 28; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 4 or 6, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 28; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 10/11/1918 buried locally in Exermont, Ardennes, France; 6/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France; 12/8/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to Cornwall, England arriving Antwerp, Belgium 12/13/1921; 2/2/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Cornwall to the care of Mrs. Annie Bunt, mother, Carne Hill, St. Dennis, near St. Austell, Cornwall, England; final burial 2/15/1922 at St. Denys Churchyard, St. Dennis, Cornwall, England, Section E. Inscription on gravestone as follows:
Burial: 10/11/1918 buried locally in Exermont, Ardennes, France; 6/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France; 12/8/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to Cornwall, England arriving Antwerp, Belgium 12/13/1921; 2/2/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Cornwall to the care of Mrs. Annie Bunt, mother, Carne Hill, St. Dennis, near St. Austell, Cornwall, England; final burial 2/15/1922 at St. Denys Churchyard, St. Dennis, Cornwall, England, Section E. Inscription on gravestone as follows:
We Often Sit And Think Of Him,
We Often Sit And Think Of Him,
And Wonder How He Died,
And Wonder How He Died,
And Wish We Could Have Said
And Wish We Could Have Said
"Good-bye",
"Good-bye",
Before He Closed His Eyes.
Before He Closed His Eyes.
THY WILL BE DONE.
THY WILL BE DONE.
Next of Kin: Elbrid [sic] Tabb, friend [see below], 10913 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Elbrid [sic] Tabb, friend [see below], 10913 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: friend noted above appears to have been Wilfred Ernest Tabb (1893-1958) who lived in Cleveland, OH and was buried in Knollwood Cemetery in that city.
Stepfather: Andrew Bunt (1852-1926), born Cornwall, England, occupation General Laborer, third marriage in 1898 to Annie Allen, buried St. Denys Churchyard, Cornwall, England alongside wife and stepson Corporal Arthur James Allen; Mother: Annie Allen Bunt (1867-1948), born Cornwall, England, married 1898 to Andrew Bunt, buried St. Denys Churchyard, Cornwall, England alongside husband and son Corporal Arthur James Allen; Siblings: There appear to have been at least 3 stepsiblings, possibly including Samuel, Andrew Claude, and Martha, but records are incomplete.
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