• Casualty list, 4th Bn. The Dorsetshire Regiment, Operation Market Garden

Date of birth:

April 26th, 1925 (Nottingham/Nottinghamshire, England)

Date of death:

January 1973 (Leicester/Leicestershire, England)

Service number:

14679844

Nationality:

British

When William Allen was born on April 26, 1925, his father, Thomas, was 26 and his mother, Edith, was 26. He lived in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, in 1939. He has three brothers.

Rank held during Operation Market Garden:
Private (19 Years Old)

War Office: Directorate of Prisoners of War: Prisoners of War Lists, Second World War
Stalag XI B Fallingbostel, Germany
POW No. 118198

The aspect of Stalag IX B Fallingbostel changed since the number of prisoners greatly increased in September-October 1944. A large number of British prisoners arrived direct from the Western Front more particularly from Holland. The majority of the fresh POW (British and American) arrived in the camp were parachutists. New prisoners arrived daily, including a large proportion of wounded. Stalag XI B Fallingbostel became mainly a durchgangslager (Dulag) or transit camp for the walking wounded, but only NCOs and Other Ranks: officers arriving at Fallingbostel were transferred after a few days to Stalag IX A/H of A/Z, which acted as officers' Dulags.

Casualty List No. 1578
Missing: Date 25 September 1944
16 October 1944: Reported to War Office Casualty Section for the 48 hours ending at 09:00.

Casualty List No. 1615
Prisoner of War in German Hands (Germany)
28 November 1944: Reported to War Office Casualty Section for the 24 hours ending at 09:00.
Casualty List No. 1615. Previously reported on casualty list No. 1578 as Missing 25/09/1944.

Casualty List No. 1740
Not Prisoner of War (Survived)
25 April 1945: Reported to War Office Casualty Branch for 24 hours ending at 09:00.
Casualty List No. 1740. Previously reported on Casualty List No. 1615 as Prisoner of War in German Hands (Germany) now Not Prisoner of War, Western Europe.

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• England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  GRO Reference: ALLEN WILLIAM 26AP1925 LEICESTER 3A 1884
  
  The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/6194C
  
  WO 224: International Red Cross and Protecting Powers (Geneva): Reports concerning Prisoner of War Camps in Europe and the Far East:
  - WO 224/35: Stalag XI B Fallingbostel
  
  WO 361: Department of the Permanent Under Secretary of State: Casualties (L) Branch: Enquiries into Missing Personnel, 1939-45 War
  - WO 361/595: North West Europe: Dorsetshire Regiment; missing personnel
  
  WO 392 - Directorate of Prisoners of War: Prisoners of War Lists, Second World War: "Prisoners of War. Armies and other land forces of the British Empire, 1939-1945", compiled by J B Hayward. ISBN 0 903754 61 4
  
  WO 417: War Office: Army Casualty Lists, 1939-45 War
  - WO 417/83: Casualty Lists - Other Ranks 1578(37)
  - WO 417/85: Casualty Lists - Other Ranks 1615(18)
  - WO 417/91: Casualty Lists - Other Ranks 1740(27)
  
  No additional records found at:
  - WO 344: Directorate of Military Intelligence: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaires
  - WO 373: Military Secretary's Department: Recommendations for Honours and Awards for Gallant and Distinguished Service (Army)
  - WO 416: German Record cards of British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War and some Civilian Internees, Second World War
  - WO 422: War Office: Infantry Over Age Other Ranks: Service Records, Second World War
  - "The Airborne Hospital, Willem III Kazerne, Apeldoorn, 25th Sept 1944 to 26th Oct 1944. Nominal roll of the wounded" compiled by Peter H Starling
  - "List of Wounded 1st Airborne Division at Fallingbostel"