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|image1 = Allured, Will (2nd Lieutenant).jpg |
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|Name=Will Allured |
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|Rank=2nd Lieut. |
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|Battalion=[[6th Border Regiment]] |
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|Company=D Coy. |
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|ServiceCountry=United Kingdom |
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|Date of death=14th September 1916 |
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|Age=21 |
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|Theatre of war=F & F |
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|Casualty type=Commonwealth War Dead |
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|Grave/Mem Ref=J. 4. |
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|Resting place=[[Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension]] |
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|Additional info=Son of Mr R. F. and Mrs E. J. Allured, of "Willoughby," Marlborough Rd., Sale, Cheshire.<br>Will was born in Stretford, Manchester. |
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|scroll_name = Will Allured |
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|scroll_battalion = 6th Battalion |
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|scroll_regiment = The Border Regiment |
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|rank = [[2nd Lieutenant]] |
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|company = D Company |
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|battalion = [[6th Battalion]] |
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|regiment = [[Border Regiment]] |
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|former_unit = 13th Manchester Regiment / 1915<br>20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (4381 [[Private]]) / 1914 |
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|name = Will Allured |
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|born = 18 November 1894 / Stretford, Lancashire |
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|parents = Robert F. and Eliza J. Allured / "Willoughby," Marlborough Road, Sale, Cheshire |
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|nationality = English |
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|casualty_type = Commonwealth War Dead |
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|died = 14th September 1916 |
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|age = 21 Years |
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|cause_of_death = [[Killed in action]] |
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|burial_type = Grave |
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|reference_number = J.4. |
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|resting_place = {{CWGC cemetery|id=18700|name=Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension}} |
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|coordinates = {{osm|50.02455|2.6572|14}} |
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|additional_memorials = Commemorated also on <br>Manchester Grammar School Memorial<br>Manchester and St. Clement's Parishioners Memorial<br>[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Worcestershire/WorcesterKingsSchoolWW1.html Worcester King's School Memorial] <ref name="wcks">[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Worcestershire/WorcesterCathedralKingsSchool.html Roll of Honour entry for Will Allured]. Worcester Cathedral, King's School Memorial Window. Accessed 2 May, 2020.</ref> |
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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"/> |
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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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[[Category:Officers (6th Battalion)]] |
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[[Category:6th Battalion Roll of Honour]] |
[[Category:6th Battalion Roll of Honour]] |