Biographical Notes One of three survivors on the first raft to be rescued by SS Nishmaha, along with Marine Bill Gill and ship’s joiner, Thomas Moore. Twenty-one men had…

Biographical Notes Mentioned in Watson Report: “He supported, without complaint, a badly wounded marine for 48 hours. In order to do this he was immersed to the shoulders for a…

  I am indebted to William Allen’s grandaughter, Karen Kebby, and William’s wife , Constance, for the photographs and to Karen for writing the following tribute to her grandfather: William…