| Surname: | Allcorn |
| Initials: | W B |
| Rank: | Squadron Sergeant Major |
| Army Number: | 334 |
| 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. |
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| Decoration: | Queen's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: QSA Medal Roll WO 100/234 Page: 193 July 2, 1901) |
| Citation: | Clasps: Belfast, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Lang's Nek. Roll annotated: Servant to Colonel H S G Miles CB. MVO. CSO Natal Field Force. |