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His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[Army Medical Services Museum]] ''(Aldershot, England)''. |
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[Army Medical Services Museum]] ''(Aldershot, England)''. |
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William Allen was a member of Sheffield University Officers Training Corps whilst he was studying medicine |
William Allen was a member of Sheffield University Officers Training Corps whilst he was studying medicine. Today at Somme Barracks, home of Sheffield UOTC, there is a Willam Allen VC room just off the Officers Mess which contains a copy of his citation for the VC as well as replicas of all his medals. |
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William Barnsley Allen (VC, DSO, MC & Bar) (8 June 1892 - 27 August 1933) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Allen attended Worksop College, a pubic school in North Nottinghamshire.
He was 24 years old, and a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army, attached to 246th (W. Riding) Bde., Royal Field Artillery during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
On 3 September 1916, near Mesnil, France, when gun detachments were unloading high explosive ammunition, the enemy suddenly began to shell the battery position. The first shell fell on one of the limbers, exploded the ammunition and caused several casualties. Captain Allen at once ran across under heavy shell fire and started attending to the wounded. He himself was hit four times by pieces of shell, but he went coolly on with his work until the last man had been attended to and removed. He then went to tend a wounded officer and only then reported his own injuries.
He later achieved the rank of major.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum (Aldershot, England).
William Allen was a member of Sheffield University Officers Training Corps whilst he was studying medicine. Today at Somme Barracks, home of Sheffield UOTC, there is a Willam Allen VC room just off the Officers Mess which contains a copy of his citation for the VC as well as replicas of all his medals.
References
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
- VCs of the First World War - The Somme (Gerald Gliddon, 1994)
Sources
External links
- Burial location of William Allen "West Sussex"
- Location of William Allen's Victoria Cross "Army Medical Services Museum, Mytchett"
- Major W.B. Allen