Lance Corporal
William Holloway
Military Details
Service Number: S/7583
Regiment & Unit / Ship
1st Seaforth Highlanders
Enlisted
2nd February 1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
2/2/1915
Place of Enlistment
Whitehaven
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
1st
Service Number at Enlistment
S/7583
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1894
Place of Birth
Whitehaven
Religion
Primitive Methodist
Address
10 Lucknow Villas , Coach Road ,Whitehaven
Residence (Roll of Honour)
10 Lucknow Villas , Coach Road ,Whitehaven
Parents
Martin & Annie Holloway (nee Lowry (deceased)
Siblings
Martin, Arthur, Annie, Harry, Frederick, Albert, Edward
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Joiner and Cabinet maker Apprentice
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
7th January 1916
Age at Death
21
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Theater of Action
Persian Gulf
Regiment at Death
Seaforth Highlanders
Battalion/Vessel at Death
1st
Rank at Death
Lance Corporal
Buried or Commemorated at
BASRA MEMORIAL
Grave Position: Panel 37 and 64.
Private Memorial: Primitive Methodists roll of honour/Cleator moor Methodists church
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