They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We shall remember them.
John Robert Allen was born in 1883. Lived in Waterloo. Fought in WW1 (dogtag# 9630) as a Lance Corporal in the 2nd Bn. Scots Guards. Died on Dec 18 1914 at the age of 31. A memorial for John Robert Allen can be found at Panel 1. Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium.