Allan, George Waldo (1895 - 1915)

Private, 9th Bn. Higland Light Infantry

Buried at Le Touret Memorial

Commemorated at City of Glasgow Roll of Honour at Glasgow City Chambers

George Waldo Allan was a second-year student at the University of Glasgow studying medicine.

In 1914 he had passed his second professional in that subject. He went to France on 2 November 1914 with the 1/9 Highland Light Infantry and was killed in action on 17 May 1915 at Richebourg.

According to his father, Reverend Charles Allan of Duneira, Greenock, Allan was 'mentioned in officers' letters for bravery in going to the help of wounded comrades and said by his own comrades to have earned the VC "half a dozen times over"'.

Allan was awarded the 1914 Star posthumously.

Reproduced with permission from the University of Glasgow Roll of Honour: http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-intro/