Private Stanley Allcock

Army Number: 241111 (formerly 3528)

Battalion: 1/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Wormhill, Derbyshire, Son of William and Mary Ann Allcock, of Post Office Villas, Peak Dale, Derbyshire. He was a labourer prior to enlisting at Buxton on 11th November 1914. He went to France on 18th August 1915. On the 14th November 1916, he was awarded a Good Conduct Badge. He died, 10th March 1917, of gunshot wounds to his head, leg and back at No. 20 Casualty Clearing Station, Warlincourt, France.

Buried Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France. Plot 6, Row C, Grave 9.

Private Stanley Allcock is also commemorated on the following local memorials:
Dove Holes War Memorial, Dove Holes, Derbyshire.
Peak Dale Memorial Garden War Memorial, Peak Dale, Derbyshire.
St. Margaret of Antioch War Memorial, Peak Dale, Derbyshire.

His brother Corporal Tom Allcock, 6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. also fell in the Great War.