The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H F Hollman

Private Henry Frederick HOLLMAN, G/5129, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 22nd July 1916, age 21.

Born , Sydenham, SE, son of James and Sarah Hollman.

1911 Census - 44 Champion Park, Lower Sydenham - Sarah Hollman, head, age 55, widow, 10 children, 8 still alive, born Broad Chalke, Wilshire; Stanley Gerald Hollman, son, age 18, single, worker, commercial clerk, born 54 Dillwyn Road, Sydenham, Kent; Henry Frederick Hollman, son, age 15, single, worker, Telegraph Messenger, born 54 Dillwyn Road, Sydenham, Kent; Gladys Esther Mary Hollman, daughter, age 12, school, born 54 Dillwyn Road, Sydenham, Kent; Christopher Rawlings, boarder, age 56, widower, no children, worker, Commercial Clerk, born Sedgefield, Durham.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 19 years & 6 months, height 5ft 3 inches, mole innerside right shoulder blade. Resided 44 Champion Park, Lower Sydenham, London, SE. Formerly tinsmith.

28th December 1914 to 21st April 1915; BEF 22nd April 1915 to 22nd July 1916.

28th December 1914, enlisted; 31st December 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st January 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd April 1915, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 25th April 1915, joined Battalion, "B" Company; 14th October 1915, 5 Rest Station, impetigo; 24th October 1915, rejoined Battalion; 11th December 1915, late falling in on Church Parade, 3 days confined to Barracks; 22nd July 1916, posted missing.

Statement of Relatives -

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.

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