| Notes: | MMP. 30/1/85 enlisted Royal Horse Artillery, No. 46853. 11/9/1891 transferred to MMP. Born Woolwich, Kent, occupation None, enlisted age 15 years. served South Africa 1 year, Egypt 3 years. Awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal and the Coronation Medal. Served Home 30/1/85 to 4/10/99, Aouth Africa 15/10/99 to 24/10/00, Home 25/10/00 to 20/2/03, Egypt 21/2/03 to 22/10/04, Home 23/10/04 to 3/11/05, home 12/3/07 to 29/8/08 discharged at Shorncliffe. 16/7/92 married Harriet Watson at St Stephen the Martyr, Marylebone, London. Discharged. age 39 years, served 23.7 years, conduct exemplary, address: Post Office, Shorncliffe Camp, Folkestone. Awarded the Coronation Medal 1902 and the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal 4/8/03. 28/5/99 promoted Cpl, 31/3/03 promoted Sgt, 5/12/05 promoted SSM. This info was found in another document: 2nd Witness: Reg. No. 334 Sergeant W Allcorn of the Military Mounted Police statement at Newbridge on the night of the 7th January 1901, about 9.40 O'clock, I was on duty in Main Street when I saw Driver Mason of the Army Service Corps being dragged along the pavement by several men belonging to the Army Service Corps. He was very drunk. I then too him to the Royal Horse Artillery Guardroom when I saw that he was bleeding from a wound in the head. I then took him to hospital where he was detained. I know nothing of an assault by a civilian on Main Street.3rd Witness was Reg. No. 213, Cpl G Pickersgill, His Majesty's Reserve Regiment of Dragoon Guards, acting Military Mounted Police who corroborated Sgt Allcorn's statement.William Benjamin Allcorn.Extract from the East Anglian Daily Times 14 October 1901.MEDAL PRESENTATION AT COLCHESTER.Major-General Sir William Gatacre, KBE, DSO, presented war medals to the following soldiers at a parade of the troops of Colchester Garrison on Sunday:- Seegt. W Allcorn, Military Mounted Police. |
