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ALLCOCK, HARRY
Rank:  Able Seaman.
Regiment:  H.M.S. Gloucester, Royal Navy.
Service No. D/SSX25649.
Date of Death: 22 May 1941, age 21.
Lost his life when during the Battle of Crete, H.M.S. Gloucester was attacked by German Stuka dive bombers and sank.   Of the 807 men aboard, only 85 survived.
Lived on Eden Grove, Swallownest, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Son of John Alfred and Eliza Allcock (née Wardley) of Swallow Nest, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Cemetery:  PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, UNITED KINGDOM. Link
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston.


ALLSOPP, ARTHUR
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  York & Lancaster, 2nd/5th Battalion
Service No. 240280
Enlisted:  Treeton, South Yorkshire
Date of Death:  03 May 1917
Son of Arthur and Ellen B. Allsop of 82 Worksop Road, Swallownest
Born in Edinburgh.
Cemetery:  ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE Link
Grave/Memorial Ref.  Bay 8
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston


ALLSOP, JAMES FREDERICK
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1st/5th Battalion
Service No. 241772, who died on 13 June 1917
Enlisted:  Doncaster
Date of Death:  13 June 1917
Born in Treeton
Cemetery:  LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 97 and 98.
Remembered on the First World War Plaque outside Aughton Council School (now Aughton Early Years Centre.


AMISS, CHARLES
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  York and Lancaster Regiment, 7th Battalion
Service No. 17199, Enlisted:  Rotherham
Date of Death:  05 September 1917, age 26
Son of William and Maria Amiss, of Foulsham, Guist, Norfolk
Living at 7 Main Street, Aughton, Sheffield
Cemetery:  BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, BELGIUM Link
Grave/Memorial Ref:  Grave Ref. IV. E. 50.
Remembered on the First World War Plaque outside Aughton Council School (now Aughton Early Years Centre.


ATTENBOROUGH, FRANK
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion
Service No. 20615
Enlisted:  Swallow Nest
Date of Death: 10 May 1915, age 35
Son of Thomas Attenborough
Born at St. John’s Liverpool
Cemetery:  ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY, BELGIUM Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. II. F. 6.
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston