Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Robert ALLEN
Private 27318 Robert ALLEN
17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
formerly 25th Manchester Regiment
Killed in Action, Tuesday 7th May 1918, Belgium, age 26
| Home address: | 24 Wilson Street, Gorse Hill, Stretford, Lancashire |
| Born: | 1892, Manchester, Lancashire |
| Parents: | Sarah Jane Allen and Adam Allen 137, George Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Ford Motor Works, Manchester |
| Enlisted: | Manchester, Lancashire |
| Remembered: | Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, panel 121a. |
| Link to Hyde: | Mother Born in Hyde |
Awarded DCM for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when acting as a stretcher bearer. He managed to bring a wounded man back successfully from a front position under full fire from advancing enemy, and during the following week repeatedly brought in wounded men under heavy machine-gun fire. He was eventually wounded while attending to a case (3.9.18).
Private Allen died within three hours of being informed he was being awarded the DCM.