Private Melville Allsop

Army Number: 27439

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

Born at Alfreton, Derbyshire and lived at Salt Box Row, Bagthorpe, Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire. He was a collier prior to enlisting at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, on 7th October 1915. He went to France 6th March 1916 and was killed in action, 6th May 1916, whilst serving in the trenches at Festubert, France,

Buried: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L`Avoue, France. Plot 3, Row F, Grave 2.