BORN HULL 1899. SON OF GEORGE & ROSE ANN ALLISON, OF 2 CUMMINGS BUILDINGS, PORTER STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED BY MR STEEL, BARBER, WALKER STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN OCTOBER 1914. EX 3174 EYR. TRAINED AT DARLINGTON AND NEWCASTLE. WOUNDED AT THS SOMME. INVALIDED TO ENGLAND. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS AND WAS DRAFTED TO FRANCE FROM GRANTHAM ON 10TH JULY 1916. HE HAD BEEN IN THE FIRING LINE SOME TEN MONTHS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN A BASE HOSPITAL, AGED 18. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 26TH JUNE 1917. * HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL SALVATION ARMY WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR, ICEHOUSE ROAD, HULL.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE ROLL OF HONOUR WITH THOMAS ALLISON (HUSSARS)
NB: PTE THOMAS F ALLISON – 71 PORTLAND STREET, HULL.
