Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 33C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Education & Career :
Schoolmaster, Huish Episcopi, Somerset (1907).
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: African Field Force |
| Action : Naval Campaign |
Naval Campaign is defined as to include all sea operations where attrition rates are in ones and twos and which do not fall within specific naval battles such as Jutland, Coronel, Falklands etc. This includes Merchant Navy losses.
Detail :
Late of Milestone Cottage, Milbourne Lane, Esher, and Sierra Leone, West Africa. Temporary lieutenant in the African Field Force.
Probate record: HOLLOWAY, William John of Milestone Cottage, Milbourne Lane, Esher, Surrey and Sierra Leone, West Africa. Temporary Lieutenant African Field Force, died 9 November 1917 at sea. Probate London 4 June to Helen Maud Holloway, widow. Effects £543 1s. 10d.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Portcullis No. 2038 E.C. | Somerset |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
13th June 1907 | 14th May 1908 | 11th June 1908 |
In the register of Portcullis Lodge in the contribution ledgers at the United Grand Lodge of England it records subscription payment all the way to 1920 and in the last (1921) column: "Lost at Sea"
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley