Name
Frank George Allaway
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
415311
12th Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Unravelling Frank Allaway’s record has been difficult. He was born in Abbots Langley between April and June 1897, and was baptised on 6th June of that year. The Birth Record for Frank noted his family name as Alloway, however the family was recorded in the 1901 and 1911 Census as Allaway. His father, George Allaway, was born at Bucks Hill, and was employed as a Carman for a Railway Company, and George, his wife Sarah, and Frank lived at Kitters Green at the time of the 1901 and 1911 Census. Henry and Caroline Allaway, also lived at Kitters Green in 1911, and were both born at Bucks Hill, and although unconfirmed it is believed that Henry was George’s father, and Frank’s grand-father. At the end of the War, Frank was recorded in three separate Absent Voter Lists with the name Allaway.
It is suggested that the family name was Allaway and not Alloway, although Alloway was the name recorded in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour.
In the 1911 Census Frank was recorded working as a Grocer’s Errand Boy, aged 14. He was the only child of George and Sarah Allaway, and was first recorded in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour in November 1914, serving with the Hertfordshire Territorials. It is not certain when he transferred to the 68th Provisional Battalion but he was recorded serving with that unit in January 1917. At the outset of the War the Territorial Force was immediately mobilised for home defence. In May 1915 Coastal Defence Battalions, known as Provisional Battalions, were formed. The 68th Battalion was stationed at Lowestoft. Later in the War the 68th Provisional Battalion became the 18th Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment. From January 1918 Frank was recorded in the Roll of Honour serving with the 11th Bedfordshire’s, but it is not known the exact date at which he transferred. Frank served beyond the Armistice and in the Absent Voter Records of Autumn 1918, Spring 1919 and Autumn 1919, he was listed serving with the Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC). His Medal Roll Card confirmed that he was with the 12th Battalion KRRC.
Frank Allaway survived the War.
Additional Information
Formerly 56470
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
