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ID:17  Ernest Thomas Allen 1908-1976
Gaz’s Great Uncle

Birth	01 October 1908		Aldershot, Hampshire
Death	September 1976		Yeovil, Somerset
Mother		Rose Elizabeth Jane Gatward (b.1881)/ID:252
Father		Mark Henry Allen (b.1882)/ID:29

Siblings	Mark Henry Allen (b.1905)/ID:30
	Thomas Charles Allen (b.1905)/ID:37
	Henry George Allen (b.1905)/ID:19
	Ernest Thomas Allen (b.1908-1976) /ID:17
	Sidney Allen (b.1911) /ID:35
	Elizabeth Mary Eliza Amelia Allen (b.1914) /ID:16
	Charlie Allen (b.1918)/ID:12
Spouse

Children 

1908

1st October  1908 -  Ernest Thomas is born is born in Farnham, Aldershot

1911

2 April 1911 - 1911 Census for '14, Lorraine Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire'

Name		Relationship		Age	Est YOB		Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Mark Henry Allen	Head		29	1882		Male		Dudley, Worcester	Soldier "Anvil Maker"
Rose Elizabeth Jane Allen	Wife		29	1882		Female		Fairfield, Cambs	Soldiers Wife
Ernest Thomas Allen	Son		2	1909		Male		Aldershot

Photo : 14 , Lorraine Street, Leeds 26th October 1960 Looking from Stanhope Place to Lorraine Street. On the left are numbers 6 then 4 Stanhope Place. Three boys are at the corner of the streets. Moving right are 14, 12, 10 then 8 Lorraine Street.

1924 -1928

The record below shows Ernest joined the Royal Navy and served on ships from the age of 16.

1929-1948

Ernest continued his career in the Royal Navy . The record card below shows the many ships he sailed on.
Ernest's Character & Efficiency records throughout his career are exceptional. He became a Leading Seaman in 1939 and Petty Officer in 1941, a Diving Instructer in 1944 and again, Petty Officer later in 1944.

Ernest received a Long Service medal from the Royal Navy.

1976

Ernest died at Yeovil, Somerset in 1976.