Private 16627 John Howard ALLCOTT

7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment

Killed in action in France and Flanders, 16th November 1916, age 23

Buried Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave ref: V G 19

Awarded British War and Victory Medals

Son of John and (the late) Emma Bird Allcott

Links

CWGC Page for Private Allcott
NNWFHS Hurley War Memorial Page
Vermelles British Cemetery
Leicestershire Regiment

Other Information

Death reported Leicester Daily Post and the Leicester Daily Mercury 29th December 1916, and the Hinckley Times, 30th December 1916 but states his parents lived in Market Bosworth, whereas the CWGC says Hurley

1894 born at Hurley

1911 Census living at Dadlington with parents and siblings