Allan, William James

SOLDIER DETAILS:

Allan, William James
Private 36th Battalion 141847
March 18, 1917
Evergreen Cemetery, Milton Canada
Parents at Milton West ON
Maple Leaf Legacy Project

Victoria Park Cenotaph
R. Laughton

Evergreen Cemetery Grave
R. Laughton

William James Allan is remembered on the Victoria Park Cenotaph in Milton ON and is buried in Milton Evergreen Cemetery (Blk-050 Lot-6 8 1)

Milton Soldiers Locations (Google Earth).

Other Links:

	CEFSG Matrix Unit Information
	Library and Archives Canada

SOLDIER SUMMARY:

William James Allan, son of George and Christina Allan of Milton West Ontario, born in Georgetown on January 22, 1897.

Allan joined the 20^th Halton Rifles (Militia) on August 3, 1915 and was transferred to the 76^th Battalion CEF.

After 2 months in hospital in England for gastritis, he was transferred to the 36^th Battalion on July 11, 1916. By August 8, 1916 he was back in the hospital, suffering from a recurring (childhood) kidney ailment. On August 16, 1916 he was sent back to Canada, where he was discharged as medically unfit on February 17, 1917. He died of chronic nephritis (kidney disease) on March 18, 1917 while in Milton.

W. J. Allan did not serve in combat, but he is most certainly considered as one of Milton's brave lads that responded to the call of duty and served his country proudly.

For those of you in Milton Ontario, we encourage you to visit his grave site in the Milton Evergreen Cemetery. He resides there with a few, but not many. of his other comrades who served in the Great War.

The soldier pages contain information that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks are active where the information is available:

	Soldier Name: Veteran Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial
	Soldier Number: Library and Archives Canada, Attestation Papers
	Cemetery: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register
	Remembrance: Maple Leaf Legacy Project, Remembrance of Canada's War Dead

The summary of the service is taken from the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is available in electronic and paper format in the Alex Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society. Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared. The research information available is as noted on the Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line War Diaries.

A summary of all the soldiers is contained on the Web Blog "Great War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb.