BORN HULL 28/02/1890. SECOND SON OF ARTHUR WILLIAM ALLISON (1855-1919) & REBECCA ANN EVINGTON (1853-1917), OF 19, DUESBURY STREET, HULL.
SON OF A BANKER’S ACCOUNTANT. EDUCATED AT PARK ROAD SCHOOL, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A SELF EMPLOYED PAINTER & PAPER HANGER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/11/1915. POSTED TO THE 8TH ROYAL FUSILIERS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 30/04/1916. TWICE WOUNDED. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT CAMBRAI, ON THE 20TH NOVEMBER 1917, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE CAMBRAI MEMORIAL.
UNMARRIED. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 17/12/1917 & 15/12/1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
SIDNEY
Military Number:
20167
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/11/1917
Place died:
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France
Age:
27
