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|biography = Born in Stretford,<ref name="wcks" /> ~~Lancashire~~ Will won a scholarship at Worcester Cathedral King's School where he passed the chartered accountants examination and obtained his certificate A in the O.T.C.<ref name="ww1sa">[http://www.worldwar1schoolarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ULULA_1916_10.pdf Will Allured - Killed]. The Manchester Grammar School Magazine. October 1916, No.328. Accessed 2 May, 2020</ref> He was articled in 1912, to Messrs. Ashworth, Mosley & Co.<ref name="ww1sa"/> In 1914 he enlisted into the 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers,<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D1021905 Medal card for Will Allured]. National Archives. Accessed 2 Amy, 2020.</ref> a public schools battalion, and in January 1915 he was commissioned into the 13th Manchester Regiment.<ref name="rtf">[http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/casualty/allured-will-2/ Will Allured]. Remember the Fallen. Accessed 2 may, 2020</ref><ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/mgsww1/old-mancunians/will-allured Will Allured]. The Manchester Grammar School and the First World War. Accessed 2 May, 2020.</ref><ref>Will's medal card shows only service with the Royal Fusiliers and The Border Regiment.</ref> His first active service was on the Suez Canal and in the desert. He was transferred from the Manchesters to the [[6th Border Regiment]], and went to France early in July.<ref name="ww1sa"/>

|biography = Born in Stretford, Lancashire<ref name="wcks" /> Will won a scholarship at Worcester Cathedral King's School where he passed the chartered accountants examination and obtained his certificate A in the O.T.C.<ref name="ww1sa">[http://www.worldwar1schoolarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ULULA_1916_10.pdf Will Allured - Killed]. The Manchester Grammar School Magazine. October 1916, No.328. Accessed 2 May, 2020</ref> He was articled in 1912, to Messrs. Ashworth, Mosley & Co.<ref name="ww1sa"/> In 1914 he enlisted into the 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers,<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D1021905 Medal card for Will Allured]. National Archives. Accessed 2 Amy, 2020.</ref> a public schools battalion, and in January 1915 he was commissioned into the 13th Manchester Regiment.<ref name="rtf">[http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/casualty/allured-will-2/ Will Allured]. Remember the Fallen. Accessed 2 may, 2020</ref><ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/mgsww1/old-mancunians/will-allured Will Allured]. The Manchester Grammar School and the First World War. Accessed 2 May, 2020.</ref><ref>Will's medal card shows only service with the Royal Fusiliers and The Border Regiment.</ref> His first active service was on the Suez Canal and in the desert. He was transferred from the Manchesters to the [[6th Border Regiment]], and went to France early in July.<ref name="ww1sa"/> He was [[killed in action]] on 14 September 1916.<ref>[https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/186106/allured,-will/ Will Allured]. [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]. Accessed 2 May, 2020.</ref> He fell while leading a covering party in the attack on the enemy [[trench]]es on the Somme. The commanding officer, [[David Mathers (Lieutenant Colonel)|Lt-Col. Mathers]] described Will as "one of my very best junior officers, who has always done well in all circumstances."<ref name="ww1sa" /> He was very popular with all ranks. At his time of death he was serving with D Company, 6th Border Regiment.

He was [[killed in action]] on 14 September 1916.<ref>[https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/186106/allured,-will/ Will Allured]. [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]. Accessed 2 May, 2020.</ref> He fell while leading a covering party in the attack on the enemy [[trench]]es on the Somme. The commanding officer, [[David Mathers (Lieutenant Colonel)|Lt-Col. Mathers]] described Will as "one of my very best junior officers, who has always done well in all circumstances."<ref name="ww1sa" /> He was very popular with all ranks. At his time of death he was serving with D Company, 6th Border Regiment.

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- |biography            = Born in Stretford,<ref name="wcks" /> Lancashire Will won a scholarship at Worcester Cathedral King's School where he passed the chartered accountants examination and obtained his certificate A in the O.T.C.<ref name="ww1sa">[http://www.worldwar1schoolarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ULULA_1916_10.pdf Will Allured - Killed]. The Manchester Grammar School Magazine. October 1916, No.328. Accessed 2 May, 2020</ref> He was articled in 1912, to Messrs. Ashworth, Mosley & Co.<ref name="ww1sa"/> In 1914 he enlisted into the 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers,<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D1021905 Medal card for Will Allured]. National Archives. Accessed 2 Amy, 2020.</ref> a public schools battalion, and in January 1915 he was commissioned into the 13th Manchester Regiment.<ref name="rtf">[http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/casualty/allured-will-2/ Will Allured]. Remember the Fallen. Accessed 2 may, 2020</ref><ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/mgsww1/old-mancunians/will-allured Will Allured]. The Manchester Grammar School and the First World War. Accessed 2 May, 2020.</ref><ref>Will's medal card shows only service with the Royal Fusiliers and The Border Regiment.</ref> His first active service was on the Suez Canal and in the desert. He was transferred from the Manchesters to the [[6th Border Regiment]], and went to France early in July.<ref name="ww1sa"/>
+ |biography            = Born in Stretford, Lancashire<ref name="wcks" /> Will won a scholarship at Worcester Cathedral King's School where he passed the chartered accountants examination and obtained his certificate A in the O.T.C.<ref name="ww1sa">[http://www.worldwar1schoolarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ULULA_1916_10.pdf Will Allured - Killed]. The Manchester Grammar School Magazine. October 1916, No.328. Accessed 2 May, 2020</ref> He was articled in 1912, to Messrs. Ashworth, Mosley & Co.<ref name="ww1sa"/> In 1914 he enlisted into the 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers,<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D1021905 Medal card for Will Allured]. National Archives. Accessed 2 Amy, 2020.</ref> a public schools battalion, and in January 1915 he was commissioned into the 13th Manchester Regiment.<ref name="rtf">[http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/casualty/allured-will-2/ Will Allured]. Remember the Fallen. Accessed 2 may, 2020</ref><ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/mgsww1/old-mancunians/will-allured Will Allured]. The Manchester Grammar School and the First World War. Accessed 2 May, 2020.</ref><ref>Will's medal card shows only service with the Royal Fusiliers and The Border Regiment.</ref> His first active service was on the Suez Canal and in the desert. He was transferred from the Manchesters to the [[6th Border Regiment]], and went to France early in July.<ref name="ww1sa"/> He was [[killed in action]] on 14 September 1916.<ref>[https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/186106/allured,-will/ Will Allured]. [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]. Accessed 2 May, 2020.</ref> He fell while leading a covering party in the attack on the enemy [[trench]]es on the Somme.  The commanding officer, [[David Mathers (Lieutenant Colonel)|Lt-Col. Mathers]] described Will as "one of my very best junior officers, who has always done well in all circumstances."<ref name="ww1sa" /> He was very popular with all ranks. At his time of death he was serving with D Company, 6th Border Regiment.
-He was [[killed in action]] on 14 September 1916.<ref>[https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/186106/allured,-will/ Will Allured]. [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]. Accessed 2 May, 2020.</ref> He fell while leading a covering party in the attack on the enemy [[trench]]es on the Somme.  The commanding officer, [[David Mathers (Lieutenant Colonel)|Lt-Col. Mathers]] described Will as "one of my very best junior officers, who has always done well in all circumstances."<ref name="ww1sa" /> He was very popular with all ranks. At his time of death he was serving with D Company, 6th Border Regiment.
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