WALTER+L.+HOLLINGWORTH



Hollingworth, Walter Leonard, Gunner, 104314, 303rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Born Chesterfield, Derbyshire  Enlisted Douglas, Isle of Man  Residence: Chesterfield  Died of wounds 27th July 1917 aged 27 Son of Mr and Mrs J Hollingworth, of 51 Locoford Lane, Chesterfield Buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium, Grave Reference: VIII B 10 1911 Census A boot shop assistant Boarding at the home of William George Grizzell, a waiter, of 16, Washington Street, Worcester Gunner Walter Leonard Hollingworth (27), Royal Garrison Artillery, son of Mr and Mrs John Hollingworth, 51 Locoford Lane, Stonegravels, Chesterfield, has died of wounds in France. He enlisted twelve months ago and had been in France for about four months. On leaving school he became an assistant in Messrs Stead and Simpson’s, Burlington Street and from there he was promoted to be Manager of one of the firm’s branches in the Isle of Man. Derbyshire Times 21st September 1917


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