Private William Allison

Army Number: 97879 formerly 7383

Battalion: 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of George and Nellie Allison, of 28 Trent Street, Retford, Nottinghamshire. He lived at 65, Cooper Street, Doncaster, Yorkshire. He was a telegraph lad for the Great Northern Railway prior to enlisting at Doncaster on 24th November 1916. He went to France on 29th January 1918 and was killed in action, 26th March 1918, when his battalion was withdrawing under heavy German attack, towards Rosiers, France.

Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, France. Panel 52 to 54

Private William Allison is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Saviour’s Church War Memorial, Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Retford Market Square War Memorial, Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Clumber Park Chapel Memorial, Hardwick (Clumber Park), Nottinghamshire.