KILLERTON CHAPEL WAR MEMORIAL by Duncan Brownlie

 

Killerton Chapel stands in the grounds of Killerton House near Exeter, and is owned by the National Trust. The plaque commemorates one man. Second Lieutenant Henry Somerset Allan 6th Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles) He died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916 age 33 and is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Lieutenant Allan is also commemorated on the Memorial in Broadclyst Church.

 

 

Killerton Chapel War Memorial ©Duncan Brownlie

 

The plaque reads

In memory of Henry Somerset Allan MA, Chaplain 1912 - 1914

Born 1883. Dyke Scholar 1903. BA Oxon 1906

Ordained 1907

Served 12 years as a Private and NCO in the 1/5th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry

2nd Lieutenant London Regiment Jan. 1916

Died of wounds in France Oct. 2nd 1916

Additional information from the CWGC records:

Territorial Efficiency Medal.  Son of the Rev. George Alexander Allan and Henrietta Allan.  Born at Puckington Rectory, Somerset.  M.A., Oxford.  Late Chaplain of the Holy Evangelists, Killerton Park, Devon.  Served 12 years in the ranks, viz.: four in the Oxford U.R.V.C., and seven in the 5th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry at home and in India.