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Lieutenant J S Allport

from IWM Collections

• Denise Jackson said:

  Medal Index Card shows he was 2nd Lt James Sandford Allport 157976 of the RFA; later Lt in the RA. Commissioned 23 Dec 1916. Address shown as 59 Batt RFA, Kirkee, India. He was born in 1897 in Kensington according to birth index and census records. He was the son of Harvey and Emily R Allport. Mr Allport was Inspector (Art) Board of Education, South Kensington in 1901 when the family was living at 5 South Drive, Harrogate. The family employed a live-in cook and nurse at the time of the 1901 census. In 1911 James was a Boarder at school in Harrogate.

• Denise Jackson said:

  In 1936 James was a passenger aboard the Maloja travelling from Brisbane to London. He was still an Army Officer resident in India. He died on 23rd April 1937 in Nowshera, India and probate was granted in 1949 to his unmarried sister, Annie Freda Allport.

• Charlotte Czyzyk said:

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