The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W A Hollingsworth

Inscription - "WHILE THE LIGHT LASTS WE SHALL REMEMBER"

Photograph by "Blueheaven"

Private William Alfred HOLLINGSWORTH, G/30128, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (posted to 1st / 20th Battalion, London Regiment), died of wounds, Flanders France, 30th August 1918, age 19.

Born West Ham, Essex, son of Walter and Florence Beatrice Hollingsworth, of 21, Bradley Street, Canning Town, London.

1911 Census - 21, Bradley Street, Canning Town, Tidal Basin, London, E. - Walter Hollingsworth, head, age 35, married, road labourer, Metropolitan Water Board, worker, born West Ham, Essex; Florence Beatrice Hollingsworth, wife, age 36, married 13 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Stepney, London; Florence Elsie Hollingsworth, daughter, age 13, school, born West Ham, Essex; William Alfred Hollingsworth, son, age 11, school, born West Ham, Essex; Emily Elizabeth Hollingsworth, daughter, age 10, school, born West Ham, Essex; Alice Hollingsworth, daughter, age 8, born West Ham, Essex; Lucy Winifred Hollingsworth, daughter, age 5, born West Ham, Essex; Hilda Hollingsworth, daughter, age 3, born West Ham, Essex; Walter Hollingsworth, son, age 2, born West Ham, Essex.

Enlisted Stratford, London, E.

Buried at Peronne Road Cemetery, III. B. 17., Maricourt, France.

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