Wallace Allsopp
Service Number
4325
Military Unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Date of Death
09 Aug 1915 (21 years old)
Place of Birth
Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Cardboard box maker
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Family History
Mother: Kate Allsopp, born 1868 Marsh, Nottingham. Worked as lace clipper. Widowed. Moved to 72 Henry Street, Sneinton, Nottingham.
He also had three brothers; Edgar, born 1898, Herbert, born 1901 and Ernest, born 1909. All the children were born in Nottingham.
Military History
Pte. Allsopp became professional soldier in 4th Bn Sherwood Foresters on 16/01/ 1912. He served at home until 11/11/1914 when embarked for France. He was posted to 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters, but he was killed in action 09/08/1915 during in fighting in the Hooge area. Casualties were especially heavy. Pte. Allsopp's body was not recovered but his name was commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
Extra Information
Unknown
Photographs
Wallace Allsopp
Photograph published on 25th October 1915 in the Nottingham Evening Post and is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918