Henry Allison
Plumber/gas fitter
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Henry known as 'Harry'. was born in 1883 in Scarborough and was the son of John Henry a plasterer and Mary Allison née Wardill of 11 Mitchell Street, Durham .
His father was born in 1858 in Cayton, Yorkshire and his mother was born in 1858 in Norfolk , they were married in 1879 their marriage was recorded in the Whitby Registration District, they had a further child Fanny born 1881 also in Scaborough two other children were born to them but both died in infancy.
In the 1911 census the family is living at 5 Norman Place, Nottingham and are shown as John 53 yrs a plasterer, he is living with his wife Mary 53 yrs and their two children Fanny 30 yrs (no occupation given) and Henry 28yrs a plumber/gas fitter
Sergeant Henry Allison, enlisted in Nottingham on 2nd March1909 and served with the 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire) Regiment (Robin Hood Rifles). He was appointed Lance Corporal 28th July 1911, promoted Corporal 2nd August 1912, Lance Sergeant 12th September 1914. He went to France on 25th February 1915 and was promoted to Sergeant on 7th May 1915. He was killed in action, 4th August 1915, whilst serving in the line at Sanctuary Wood, Belgium, he is buried at Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.
Nottingham Post obituary (abridged), 19 August 1915: 'Allison. Killed in action August 4th, Sergeant Harry Allison, 1/7 Sherwood Foresters, son of JH Allison, 5 Norman Place, Alfred Street, age 32. Father and sister.'
In memoriam published 4th August 1916 in the Nottingham Evening Post :-
ALLISON. – To the sweetest memory of my dear son and my dear brother, Sergeant Harry Allison, Sherwood Foresters (Robin Hoods), who was killed in action on August 4th, 1915. Dying in a foreign land, no loved ones near to clasp his hand; no dear mother to say good-bye, but she was waiting for him above the sky. – Sadly missed, and never will be forgotten by his ever-loving father and sister.”
Above is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Henry Allison
Commonwealth War Grave Commission headstone marking his grave at Sanctuary Wood Cemetery Belgium. Courtesy of Murray Biddle