World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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James Allison
Forename(s):
James
Surname:
Allison
Initial(s):
J
Service Number:
315383
(N.B. Previously 2217)
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/7th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
30/03/1917
Aged:
31
Buried:
Alnwick Cemetery, Northumberland
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland on 8 September 1914 as a Private in the Northumberland Fusiliers, 7th Battalion Territorial Force.
Appointed unpaid Corporal 30 December 1914, & paid Corporal on 19 January 1915. Promoted to Corporal on 13 April 1915 & appointed paid Lance-Sergeant on 14 April 1915.
He left Folkestone & arrived at Boulogne in France on 21 April 1915. On 27 April 1915, while in action at St Julien, he was struck by a shrapnel shell in the head & very severely injured. He was treated in the field & transferred to Rouen on 29 April. During the early part of May he became critically, then dangerously ill, but he improved slightly & was returned to England on 2 June 1915. He received further treatment at the Military Hospital & VAD Hospital, York for about 3 months.
He was provisionally transferred to 21st Battalion on 14 October 1915 & to the 3/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers on 15 November 1915. He was again provisionally transferred back to 21st Battalion on 13 March 1916. At the time of his death he was nominally attached to the Northumberland Fusiliers' 35th Battalion Territorial Force, a Home Service unit.
He died at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 30 March 1917 from wounds received in France.
Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals.
Background:
Born at Alnwick in 1886, the son of James & Annie Allison, & twin of John R..
Pre-enlistment occupation: Mason.
He was almost 5 ft 7 in tall, with dark brown hair, blue eyes & a fresh complexion.
He married Mary Farr from Denwick in the summer of 1914 & lived at 13, Market Street, Alnwick. The couple had two daughters, Annie & Mary.
Local Memorial:
Alnwick War Memorial
Alnwick, Northumberland Hall Roll of Honour
Alnwick, Roll of Honour in St. MichaelÂ’s Parish Church
Alnwick, Memorial Plaque in former premises of the DukeÂ’s School
(Source: For Duke's School, Dudley George; August 2018)
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