ALLCOT Harold Benjamin

  • First Name(s):
    Harold 
    Benjamin 
  • Surname:
    ALLCOT
  • Service Number:
    4678
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    251st Brigade
  • Unit:
    D Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    18th April 1918
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Chocques Military Cemetery, France, Grave II. A. 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Benjamin and Mary Ann Allcott, of Tiltridge, Upton-on-Severn, Worcester

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Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Upton on Severn St Peter and St Paul’s Church surname spelt Alcott. Hook Chapel of the Good Shepherd WW1 Memorial surname spelt Allcott with the information: Gnr. M.M. R.F.A. Fell, April 19th 1918. Aged 25. Upton on Severn Memorial Hall surname spelt Allcot with the information: Gnr. Hook Chapel of the Good Shepherd WW1 Memorial surname spelt Allcott with the information: Gnr. M.M. R.F.A. Fell, April 19th 1918. Aged 25.

Further Information About ALLCOT Harold Benjamin

Surname spelt Allcott on Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Additional information on the memorial: Gnr

Awarded Military Medal.

The following report appears in the Upton on Severn News, Saturday 24th March 1917:
The Military Medal has been awarded to Gunner Harold Allcott, third son of Mr and Mrs B. Allcott, of Tiltridge Farm, for mending telephone wires for several days, under heavy shell fire, in September 1915. The ribbon was pinned on him on Christmas morning last in the presence of his comrades.

Upton on Severn News, 27th April 1918:
We learn on going to press that Mr B Allcott, Tiltridge, has received notification that one of his sons has been killed in the recent fighting.

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Credits: Upton News researched by Brian Hill.