ALLSOP G. W.

George William Allsop

Private 107375

2nd/5th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)


Notts Free Press, 10th May 1918

George William Allsop died on Monday 15th April 1918, aged 19 years & is remembered on the PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

He was born c1899 in Belper, Derbyshire. He was the only son of Albert Edward Allsop and Sarah Jane his wife. Albert Edward Allsop was a Miller and Confectioner, and was a native of Hucknall Huthwaite. Sarah Jane Allsop, formerly Cooke, was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield and the couple married at St Mary's church in August 1892. 

At the time of George William's death, the family lived at 39 Kirkby Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.

George William was the cousin of George Frederick Allsop (also remembered on Sutton's War Memorial), as their fathers were brothers.

 

 

Notts Free Press, 3rd May 1918

KILLED IN ACTION - We regret to state that Mr A. E. Allsop, Kirkby Road, has received an intimation that his only son, Pte. George Wm. Allsop, has been killed in action. Barely 19 years of age, Private Allsop had been in France only a fortnight. Concerning Private George Frederick Allsop, son of Mr H. Allsop, "Ashlands", who has been missing since December, we are sorry to state that no further news has yet been received.

 


Notts Free Press, 10th May 1918

 

Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919

Allsop, Private George William, Sherwood Foresters

 
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’

ALLSOP, George Wm, born Belper, Derbys. Enlisted Mansfield (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts). 2nd/5th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 107375, Killed in Action, France & Flanders 15th April 1918.

 

BACK TO WWI NAMES

Researched by Helen Wilson and Heather Faulkes