Hiya Anthony,
Do you know the guy's Christian name?
What more information do you have other than a date of birth, initial and surname? He probably joined the RUR between 1934 and the start of the Second World War. Do you know his rank in the RUR?
I'm open to correction but as far as I'm aware a soldier did not have to come from Ulster to join the RUR. It could have been a family tradition to be in that regiment. The History of
The Royal Ulster Rifles goes as far back as the reign of George III in 1793.
New link: http://435728.com/It may be going back too far but in the 1852 Directory of Belfast and the Province of Ulster there was one person named Allison living in Belfast. Robert Allison, pensioner, lived at 8, Mitchell Street. I'm almost certain, it might need to be confirmed, that a pensioner in the mid 1800s was not a pensioner as we know them today (that is someone with a state pension) .. a pensioner in those days was possibly someone who had fought in the army.
There were no Allisons in Belfast in 1880.
In 1912 eight Allisons signed the
Ulster Covenant. Alice M and J. D. Allison lived at 38, Cedar Avenue, Belfast.
Major Hazlett Samuel Allison was killed in action on the 9th August 1917.
See new link above In more recent times (1960) there were less than two dozen Allison families in Belfast.
Chris
