Main CPGW Record
Surname: WILLIAMS
Forename(s): Allan
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Service No: 5990
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/5th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1916-09-03
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SALTERFORTH, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Allan Williams was the son of William and Lavinia Williams, née Hartley. Lavinia was born at Waterfoot, Lancashire. Lavinia married William in 1891 and Thomas Walton in 1899.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 30, Westgate - Allan Williams, aged 6 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Lavinia Walton, widow. [A Richard Lister (see below), along with several others, are listed as a boarders.]
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 24, Butts - Allan Williams, aged 16 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Lavinia and stepson of Richard Lister.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Allan Williams, 242232, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Allan Williams, 242232, 1/5th W. Rid. R. Pres. Dead 3.9.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Allan Williams, 242232, 5990, 1/5th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: On or since 3.9.17. France. Death pres'd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Mrs Lavina [sic] Lister. £6 0s. 8d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Allan. Claimant: Mother - Lavinia Lister, 24, Butts, Barnoldswick, Colne.
The photograph of Allan in the CPGW book gives his name, by mistake, as Harold Williams.
A short biography of Allan is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WILLIAMS, Allan, aged 22 years, West Riding Regiment, 24, Butts, [Barnoldswick], killed in action Sept. 3, 1916.
---
Click the thumbnail below to view a larger image.
Private Allan WILLIAMS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
---
View Craven Herald Articles
View Craven Herald Articles
06 July 1917
WILLIAMS – Reported missing since September 3rd 1916, and death now presumed to have taken place on that date on the Western Front, Private Allan Williams, West Riding Regiment, son of Mrs. Lister, 24, Butts, Barnoldswick, aged 22 years.
06 July 1917
BARNOLDSWICK – MISSING SOLDIER’S DEATH PRESUMED
Mrs. Lister, 24, Butts, Barnoldswick, whose son, Pte. Allan Williams, West Riding Regt., had been missing since September 3rd 1916, has been informed that “the Army Council are regretfully constrained to conclude that he is dead and that his death took place on that date (or since)”. Pte. Williams was 22 years of aged and lived with his mother at the above address. He had been in France about four months, and took part in the advance on the Somme. Before enlisting he was a weaver at Messrs. Jas. Slater and Sons’ Clough Mills.
View West Yorkshire Pioneer Articles
View West Yorkshire Pioneer Articles
06 July 1917
WILLIAMS – Presumed killed in action, Pte. Allan Williams, of the West Riding Regiment, son of Mrs. Lister, of 24, Butts, Barnoldswick.
06 July 1917
BARNOLDSWICK – MISSING SOLDIER’S DEATH PRESUMED
Mrs. Lister, 24, Butts, Barnoldswick, whose son, Pte. Allan Williams, West Riding Regiment, had been missing since September 3rd, 1916, has been informed that “the Army Council are regretfully constrained to conclude that his death took place on that date (or since).” Pte. Williams was 22 years of age, and lived with his mother at the above address. He had been in France about four months, and took part in the advance on the Somme. Before enlisting he was a weaver at Messrs. Joseph Slater and Sons’ Clough Mill.
Comment on this Soldier Record
You can leave comments on this soldier record. Please note all comments will be manually approved before they appear on the website.
No comments yet.