Wellington St
& Wellington Tce
(Alfred St Central to Huntingdon St)
THE GREAT WAR
ALLEN, JOHN ERNEST
Rank: Private Service No: 71631 Date of Death: 1/07/1917 Age Died 27 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) 2nd Bn Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL Panel Reference: Panel 87 to 89. Employment/Hobbies In 1911 he was a warehouse man. Family History He was the son of Lilian May Allen and the brother of Leonard Bertie Allen. In 1911 they lived at 10 Riddings Terrace, Wellington Street, Alfred Street Central Nottingham. He married Violet Millichamp in 1915. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
BRAMMALL, EDWARD WILLIAM
Rank: Private Service No: 201481 Date of Death: 27/08/1917 Age: 19 Regiment/Service: York and Lancaster Regiment 8th Bn Panel Reference: Panel 125 to 128. Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Charles and Susan Brammall, of 73, Wellington St., Nottingham. Remembered on St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Edward Brammall Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
WILKINSON, Percy
Rank: Private Service No: 87133 Date of Death: 20/11/1917 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 9th Bn. Grave Reference: XX. B. 8. Cemetery: LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY Family History His father John lived at 25 Conway Street in 1916 and 12 Wellington Street in 1918 (both Nottingham). Address given on enlistment 25 Conway Street Nottingham Military History Percy Wilkinson attested at Derby on 25 August 1916 and was put in the Army Reserve. On 14 November 1916 he was mobilised and sent to 5th Training Reserve Battalion arriving on 16 November. He arrived at the 9th Battalion on 25th June 1917 with a batch of 44 other ranks who were replacements for losses at Messines. He served during 3rd Ypres and the attacks of August and October 1917. On 20 October 1917 the battalion moved to its home for the next ten months, Loos Front. The front line was forward of Loos with Cite St Pierre being the reserve lines. The battalion was ordered out of the line on 20 November but this was cancelled and the men would spend a further six days in the trenches. The decision would cost the battalion eight more men killed and one of these was Percy. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |