b. ? d. ?
DATE OF EM ACTION: 05/10/1917 Chilwell, Nottinghamshire.
Little is known about Ernest Charles Allen, other than the incident at National Shell Filling Factory in October 1917.
EM CITATION:
On the 5th October 1917, an accident occurred at the National Shell Filling Factory. A large shell exploded in the Melt House, killing two men and filling the place with thick smoke. At the time of the explosion more than 4000 filled shells were in the Melt House, and several trucks of shells caught fire. Regardless of the great danger to which they were exposed, the men whose names are given above, seized extinguishers, and, rushing through the smoke, played them on the fire, and, with the help of other men, the fire was put out. By their presence of mind and courage these men probably averted a great disaster.
BURIAL LOCATION: UNKNOWN.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
