Legacy
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum in Mytchett, Surrey.
William Allen was a member of Sheffield University Officers Training Corps whilst he was studying medicine. Just off the main mess in Somme Barracks, home of Sheffield UOTC, there is an ante-room named the "Allen VC Room" which proudly displays on the wall a framed photograph of William, along with the citation as well as a copy of his VC and several of his other medals.
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