Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Service No(s):
4988
Regiment:
The London Regiment
Unit:
9th Battalion / Queen Victoria's Rifles
Returned:
No
Place of birth:
Hornsey, Middlesex
Occupation:
Date of death:
08/10/1916
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Grave or panel reference:
Pier and Face 9C - ID: 12375225
Name of father:
Rowland Essex
Name of siblings:
Arnold
Name(s) of children:
Died:
Yes
Date of birth:
11/11/1897
Place of enlistment:
Event:
Western Front
Age at death:
18
Cemetery or memorial:
The Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, Somme, Picardie France
Other memorial:
Name of mother:
Amy Florence (nee Barton)
Name of spouse:
Address:
2 Scarborough Road, Stroud Green
Biography:
Alan Rowland Warren was born on the 11th November 1897 and was the first born to Rowland Essex Warren, a lace manufacturer’s clerk, and Amy Florance Warren. He had a younger brother, Arnold Barrington Warren, who was born in early 1900. Arnold survived the war and is also commemorated by the organ at St Mellitus. The family lived at 2, Scarborough Road in Stroud Green.
Alan was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion Queen Victoria Rifles. On the 5th November 1914 the 9th Batallion arrived at Havre. Alan was ‘killed in action’ on 8th October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He was just 18 years old when he died. He is buried at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France.