Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant H. P. Allanson, Suffolk Regiment, late 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles), who was wounded during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt at Loos in October 1915, and was killed in action on the Somme on 20 July 1916

1914-15 Star (2015. Pte. H. P. Allanson, 28-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. P. Allanson) extremely fine (3) £140-£180

Henry Peter Allanson was born in Hampton Wick, Middlesex, on 11 May 1887 and was educated at Ampleforth College, Yorkshire. Following the outbreak of the Great War he attested for the 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles), and served with them on the Western Front from 29 December 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 25 May 1915, and was posted to the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. He was wounded at Loos in October 1915, during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt and, after a period of hospital and convalescence, was posted to the 2nd Battalion. He was reported ‘missing’ during an attack on Longueval Village and Delville Wood on 20 July 1916, and was subsequently officially recorded as having been killed in action on this day. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sold together with copied research, including extracts from the Hampton Wick Remembers website that includes a portrait photograph of the recipient.