Private Alfred Allsop

Army Number : 30677

Battalion : 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire and lived at 11, Allen Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Husband of Sarah Allsop of The Willows, Newcastle Avenue, Worksop. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Worksop. Was killed in action, 7th July 1916, whilst serving in the trenches at Givenchy, France.

Buried Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L`Avoue, France. Plot 2, Row J, Grave 18.

Private Alfred Allsop is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Worksop War Memorial, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
St. Anne’s Church War Memorial, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Manton Colliery War Memorial (housed St. Mary and St. Cuthbert’s Church) Worksop, Nottinghamshire.