Private Joseph Allen
Number: 9373
Company: 46th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion, First Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 25 January 1900
Place: Belfast
Age: 24 years
Trade or calling: Nil
Place of birth: In the Parish of Londonderry, in or near the Town of Londonderry, in the County of Londonderry
Address: Kinnegar, Holywood
Family: Single. Father James Allen (dec.), ironmonger; mother Ellen Allen (nee Conn), of Deanfield, Londonderry.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 5 1/4". Complexion fresh, eyes brown, hair brown. Mole left buttock. Birth mark left shoulder.
Religion: Presbyterian
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 3 March 1900
Date home: 8 June 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901 clasps.
DISCHARGE
Date: 15 June 1901
Place: Belfast
Reason for discharge: Termination of his engagement
Intended place of residence: Deanfield, Londonderry
Conduct: Very good
Special qualifications: Good groom and rider
Allen was among the 400 men captured by Boer forces at Lindley in May 1900. He was released on 30 August with the other members of the 13th Battalion when the British captured Nooitgedacht. He was mentioned in letters home by Lance Corporal Ben Johnston and Private Marshall Donnell.
At the time of the 1911 Census he was living at 23 Clooney Road, Londonderry, with his mother and two siblings, and working as an ironmonger's assistant.
This page last updated 20 November 2024.