Name
William Allum
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/05/1918
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
60024
Labour Corps
101st Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
P.XI.I.10B
France
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Wormley memorials
Pre War
Born in 1877 in Wormley, Herts, son of George and Mary Allum. Married Emily Dorcas Osborn in 1909. 1911 Census: was living at 7 Graham Cottages, Brigadier Hill, Enfield, Herts with wife and children Olive and Alice and working as a bricklayer's labourer.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Mill Hill, Middlesex. Formerly No. 53535 Royal Fusiliers, 34 Bn.. Served in France and Flanders. Died of wounds.
Additional Information
The guardian (and grandfather) of his children, George H Allum, received a war gratuity of £8. (N.B. Wife Emily died in 1915)
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
