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William White and Family – Arthur Allen by Peter Conole – 2016 EPG Newsletter No 3 and 4
| Name | ALLEN – Arthur |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 7th 6th 8th and 10th Battery Depot Brigade |
| Regiment Number (s) | 23887 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 8th March 1847 / 18 years 4 months / Galway Galway Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8½ in Fresh / Blue / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Corfu – 2 years 11 months Crimea – 1 year 1 month |
| Length of Service | 21 years 283 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 20th April 1869 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean Medal with Sebastopol clasp Turkish Crimean Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Middlesex Artillery Volunteers 1 Leicester Square |
| Pension Districts | 1869 2nd North London 1870 Woolwich 1874-1892 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/7d per diem Increased 1887 to 1/9½d per diem for service Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st November 1873 Gravesend England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | NAVAL BRIGADE 18th February 1874 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1828 Woolwich Kent England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | ALLEN William Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | SEWELL Elizabeth c1828 Not yet known Canada |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st WifeW | William Thomas B 1854 Woolwich Kent See further information Louisa Deborah B c1862 Aldershot Hampshire England M NUGENT William James 13th March 1881 Fremantle Western Australia don of EPG Samuel Nugent D 6th August 1938 West Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Robert William B c1866 Ireland M WHITE Emma 1898 Perth Western Australia D 22nd August 1937 Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | SAYWELL/SEWELL William 1798 Plymouth Devon England |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | O’BRYAN Johanna |
| Land Grants Western Australia | North Fremantle Lot P49 Perth Road (now Stirling Highway) 1.1.0 acres 24th February 1882 Title application approved Title 6/12 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Daily News Monday 7th November 1892 page 3 Account of funeral with Military honours The Daily News (Perth WA) Saturday 14th March 1903 page 1 Funeral Notice Elizabeth Allen |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 4th November 1892 Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 14th March 1903 North Fremantle WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery C of E |
| Will or Probate | SROWA Cons 3458 1892/316 9th December 1892 Elizabeth Allen applied for Letters of Administration |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1851 Arthur Allen Bombardier Royal Artillery 6th Batt 8th Company 3/1851 location Woolwich Census 1861 Census Arthur Allen is living at Aldershot Hampshire with his wife Elizabeth and son William Thomas age 7 born Woolwich Kent England 1871 Census Arthur Allen is living with his wife Elizabeth and children Louisa (9) and Robert W (5) at 17 Ogilby Street Woolwich, also living with them is his wife’s father the 71 year old William Sewell who was also a Chelsea Pensioner. William Thomas who would have been 17 years of age is no longer with the family. 1880 November Arthur Allen’s name was put forward for the Enrolled Guard at the time he was living at the Barracks at Fremantle with his wife and 2 children 1881 Arthur Allen applied for the grant of £15 for the roof of his cottage at North Fremantle 1881 bought Barracks Furniture to the value of £1/6/3 and £5/8/623rd April 1884 dismissed as Sergeant Instructor of the Naval Artillery 15th April 1884 ‘It appears from endorsed telegram that Mr Allen (Arthur Allen) Sergeant instructor of the Naval Artillery has been suspended from Duty by order of Captain Smith for attending the Camp. It was absolutely necessary that Mr Allen should be with his Battery on that occasion to prevent dangerous accidents with the heavy guns he being the only experienced man among them. It would seem from the above report that the orders of His Excellency the Governor with reference to all Volunteers/Government servants being permitted to attend the Camp of Exercise from Thursday to Tuesday have been either ignored or over ridden’. Colonel Angelo wrote to the Colonial Secretary 19th April 1884 “Sergeant Allen appears to have acted upon the information furnished by me to the officer in command of his Battery that leave had been granted by His Excellency the Governor to all Volunteers .Government servants from Thursday to Tuesday. It will be very hard in my opinion when an excellent and deserving Non Commissioned officer if he suffers through the doing of his duties such in all accounts it would be desirable the two military services work in harmony’. SROWA Cons 527 2026/1884 Arthur was given a military funeral as a mark of respect for his role in the Fremantle Artillery. The funeral notice for Elizabeth said she was living with her son William. It appears son William Thomas Allen may have enlisted in the Royal Artillery 1869 age 18 (from our records he would have been age15). This man married Mary Elizabeth Cooke on 6th November 1876 at Woolwich, Kent. They had 3 children William Herbert 1877, Louis Arthur James 1879 and Florence Ellen who was born and died 1884. William Thomas Allen was discharged 8th November 1887 with a pension of 2 shilling and 2 ½ pence. He died 8th June 1920 at Acton Middlesex, England. He (Thomas) left his estate to his wife Mary Cooke Allen £960/11/10. William Saywell the father of Elizabeth Saywell/Sewell was attested into the Royal Artillery 3rd August 1815 at Devizes Wiltshire, age 17 years. He served for 21years and 11 days with 4 years at Gibraltar and 6 years in Canada. He was discharged on 11th July 1837 for chronic rheumatism and defective sight in his left eye. In 1871 he is living with Arthur and Elizabeth Allen and he is described as being blind. He entered the Chelsea hospital on 1 September 1873 and died on 5th April 1876. See Enrolled Pensioner Special Interest Group “Gazette” 2016 |