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I am looking for any information on Basil Delve Cundy Allen who served in the Somerset Light Infantry during WW2,possibly in Italy. Unfortunately I don't have his service number.
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WW2 records are not online. They have to be applied for.
Several threads on here with info about applying. You may need to provide a copy of his death cert
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There's this on Ancestry - but not the full service record, of course:
Basil Delve. Allen
in the UK, British Army World War II Medal Cards, 1939-1945
Name Basil Delve. Allen
Rank Company Quarter Master Serjeant
Birth Date 1917
Award Date Jan 1949
Discharge Date 18 Dec 1945
Applicant's Delivery Address Delvelyn Staplegrove Rd Taunton Som.
Service Group Number 24
Class of Release A.
Service Number 5672661 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Regiment The Somerset Light Ing
Stars/Medals Issued 1939-45; Italy
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UK, Long Service Good Conduct Medal, 1830-1979
Full Name Allan, B D C
Rank Name Colour Sergeant
Service Number 5672661
Authority Date 30 Jun 1951
List Number 17
Service British Army
Primary Unit Somerset Light Infantry
Archive Reference WO102_38
Full Name Allen, Basil Delve.
Service Number 5672661
Birth Date 22 Jun 1917
Discharge Date 18 Dec 1945
Reference Number WO 460/6
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Name Sergt Basil Delve Allen
Topic Other
Residence Date 30 Nov 1940
Residence Place Taunton, Somerset, England
Publication Date 30 Nov 1940
Publication Place Taunton, Somerset, England
Newspaper Title Somerset County Herald and Taunton Courier
Engagement announcement...............to:
Elizabeth Mary (Betty) Hoskings of Newbury
No record of any marriage
He married in Colchester in 1942 and again in Taunton in 1950
His first wife re-married in 1951
The fiancee from 1940 probably married in 1949
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ALLEN, BASIL DELVE (MMN) COCKS
GRO Reference: 1917 S Quarter in TAUNTON Volume 05C Page 388
Marriages Dec 1897 (>99%)
Allen Charles Thomas Romford 4a 670
Cocks Alice Amelia Romford 4a 670
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The address from the engagement announcement....
1939 Register
Delvelyn Staplegrove Road, Taunton, Taunton M.B., Somerset, England
Alice A Allen 12 Jul 1877 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 260 1
Grace A Mackenzie 22 Aug 1898 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 260 2
Duncan S Mackenzie 27 Sep 1884 Male Retired Engineering Department Commercial Office Clerk Married 260 3
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Passenger list info
Mrs A Allen
abt 1873
8 Sep 1920
England
Rangoon, Burma
Miss G Allen
abt 1899
8 Sep 1920
England
Rangoon, Burma
Master B Allen
abt 1918
8 Sep 1920
England
Rangoon, Burma
ALLEN, GRACE ALICE COCKS
GRO Reference: 1898 S Quarter in MILE END OLD TOWN Volume 01C Page 543
ALLEN, CHARLES COCKS
GRO Reference: 1904 M Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 263
Born in East Ham, Essex (now Greater London) to Charles Thomas Allen (1872-1931) and Alice Amelia (Cocks) Allen (1872-1954). Given no middle names, he co-opted the names "Duncan Seaforth" (his sister's husband) and "Basil" (his younger brother) for various purposes. Raised in England and Rangoon, Burma (then part of British India). Emigrated to Canada in 1924, to seek farming employment in Manitoba. Married Violet Phyllis Parsons (1894-1935) in Winnipeg, in 1927. Made a failed attempt at farming near Lyleton, Manitoba. Moved with Violet and son David Charles Allen (1928-2000) to Somerset, England, in 1929, working for his father on a poultry farm. Son Brian Anthony "Tony" Arthur Allen (1930-2003) born there. Family moved back to Canada in 1931, settled in Parkers Cove, Annapolis, Nova Scotia. Charles found work fishing and crewing ships and various odd jobs. Violet died in March 1935, three days after giving birth to son Llewellyn John "Bunty" Allen (1935-2019). Charles' three sons were left to the care of neighbours and eventually to Violet's family in Manitoba. Three months after Violet's death Charles married Edith Melrose Downie (1914-1992) in Middleton, Nova Scotia.
Served in WWII 1940-1945 with Royal Canadian Signals (No. 6 and No. 5 Fortess Signal companies, based in Halifax and Sydney; service no. F28994), to rank of Staff Sergeant.
Charles and Edith had three daughters: Yvonne (1942-2011), Irene (1944-2003), Ada (1946-2017), all born in Nova Scotia; and a fourth daughter, Roberta (b. 1952) born in Sudbury, Ontario. Charles found work at the INCO nickel mine in Sudbury and Levack, Ontario, until illness forced his early retirement. The family moved back to Margaretsville, Nova Scotia. He died at Middleton, Nova Scotia, aged 65.
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Title MR
Ship's registered tonnage 4071
First name(s) C T
Destination place - country BURMA
Last name Allen
Destination country Burma
Sex Male
Ship's official number 129521
Birth year 1873
Ship's master's first name(s) D A
Age 44
Ship's master's last name Meek
Age as transcribed 44
Shipping line Lamport & Holt Ltd
Occupation Engineer
Number of passengers 9
Departure day 19
Departure month 1
Departure year 1917
Ship's departure port LIVERPOOL
Ship's destination port Rangoon
Mr C T Allen
13 Oct 1911
England
Rangoon, Burma
Mrs Allen
13 Oct 1911
England
Rangoon, Burma
Miss Grace Allen
13 Oct 1911
England
Rangoon, Burma
Master Charles Allen
13 Oct 1911
England
Rangoon, Burma
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Before anyone criticises my posts for being irrelevant………I know they are not what was asked-for, but I had fun finding the info
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Name Grace Alice Allen
Gender Female
Marital Status Single
Age 24
Birth Date 1899
Marriage Date 22 Mar 1923
Marriage Place Rangoon, Bengal, India
Father Charles Thomas Allen
Spouse Duncan Seaforth Mac Kenzie
Father: Kenneth Mackennzie
Name Grace Alice Allen
Baptism Age 0
Birth Date 20 Aug 1898
Baptism Date 23 Sep 1898
Baptism Place Great Ilford, St Mary the Virgin, Essex, England
Father Charles Thomas Allen
Mother Alice Amelia Allen
Name Mackenzie
Gender Male
Age 0
Birth Date 1924
Death Date 31 Mar 1924
Burial Date 01 Apr 1924
Burial Place Rangoon, Bengal, India
Father Duncan Seaforth Mackenzie
FHL Film Number 527572
Name Grace Mackenzie
Gender Female
Death Age 97
Birth Date abt 1899
Death Date 2 Jul 1996
Death Place Worthing
Burial Date 9 Jul
Obituary Date 5 Jul 1996
Obituary Place London, Greater London, England
Newspaper Title The Daily Telegraph
Spouse Duncan Seaforth Mackenzie
MACKENZIE
DUNCAN SEAFORTH
THOMSON
M
1882
608 / 133
New Cumnock
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1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Seaforth House, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Mackenzie Head Widow Female 54 1837 Living on private means Clarkston, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Jane Mackenzie Daughter Unmarried Female 21 1870 - New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Christina Mackenzie Daughter Unmarried Female 17 1874 Pupil teacher New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Mackenzie Daughter Unmarried Female 13 1878 - New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
James Mackenzie Son - Male 13 1878 Scholar New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Allan Mackenzie Son - Male 10 1881 Scholar New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Duncan Mackenzie Son - Male 8 1883 Scholar New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
James F Morrison Son-in-law - Male 29 1862 Wine merchant Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Annie Morrison Daughter Married Female 26 1865 - New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
James F Morrison Grandson - Male 3 1888 - Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Bessie Morrison Granddaughter - Female 1 1890 - Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mary Farquhar Servant Unmarried Female 24 1867 General servant New Cumnock
Death
MACKENZIE
KENNETH
73
MACKENZIE
M
1890
608 / 35
New Cumnock
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Bank Furnace House, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kenneth Mackenzie Head Married Male 64 1817 Coal master employing 120 men & 10 boys Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Mackenzie Wife Married Female 45 1836 - New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Agnes Mackenzie Daughter Unmarried Female 34 1847 House assistant Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Donald A Mackenzie Son Unmarried Male 32 1849 Coal master Lanarkshire, Scotland
Elizabeth T Mackenzie Daughter - Female 13 1868 Scholar New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Jane Mackenzie Daughter - Female 11 1870 Scholar New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
John T Mackenzie Son - Male 9 1872 Scholar New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Christina B Mackenzie Daughter - Female 7 1874 Scholar New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret J Mackenzie Daughter - Female 5 1876 - New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
James T Mackenzie Son - Male 3 1878 - New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Allan C Mackenzie Son - Male 0 1881 - New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Helen Reid Servant Unmarried Female 24 1857 General serv dom Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland
Martha Parker Servant - Female 16 1865 Nurse Glassford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Messages sent to jallen - he/she doesn't know what I'm referring to :-S :-S :-S
Have said that it is Basil Allen on the only thread he/she has posted, but......................
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Have tried to guide jallen back to the thread, but with no success. :-( :-( :-(
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