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All extra details are based on information supplied by the College Archivist (see Additional Information). This included the following biographical details: '(1905) Born 3 June 1887, Greenstead Hall, Halstead, Essex; son of Robert Allen, Gentleman, and Tryphena Luke. Subject(s): Natural Sciences; BA 1908. Tutor(s): D MacAlister. Educ: Aldenham School. Career: Master, Grammar School, Wotton-under-Edge; Private, London Regiment 1914; Second Lieutenant, Essex Regiment 1915-1916. Died 1 July 1916 (killed in action on the Somme).' Additional details of his death are provided by the College (see references): 'The death of Geoffrey Allen, a Natural Sciences student who became a school master in Dorset after graduating, was not confirmed until after the war. The Eagle reported that he was injured and left on the battlefield with a scout. Allen was killed during the fighting by a bomb, but the scout soldier with him was taken prisoner by German troops and was unable to report Allen’s death until 1918. For two years Allen’s friends and family only knew that he was reported ‘wounded and missing’. His name is the final one listed in The Eagle’s Roll of Honour.'