Rifleman R/2089 Joseph ALLTON

Rifleman R/2089 Joseph Allton{gallery}Rfn J Allton{/gallery}12th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 2nd June 1916, aged 28

• Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belguin.
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Tom and Ann Allton of Warton Road, Polesworth.
• Husband of the late Elizabeth Allton [nee Dring] of Station Road, Shirebrook, NTT
• NNWFHS Memorial: Hurley
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Allton
• NNWFHS Hurley War Memorial Page
• Ypres Memorial
• King’s Royal Rifle Corps

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1887 in Hurley. Baptised 12 Jun 1887 in Kingsbury
  
• Lived at 197 Station Road, Shirebrook,Notts [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner
• Enlisted 3 Sep 1914