Phyllis Muriel Martin was born on Monday 31 August 1914 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire.

Phyllis married John Lane Allen in 1936 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire.

She had the following children from her marriage to John Lane Allen:

- Dorothy M. Allen	born in 1938 at Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
- Stephen Albert Allen	born in 1939 at Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
- Elaine Phyllis Allen	born in 1943.