The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Hollist

Private Arthur HOLLIST, G/19275, (25549), 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th June 1917.

Born Mundham, Sussex, son of William & Ellen Hollist, 67 Malvern Villa, Whyke Lane, Chichester, Sussex.

Enlisted Chichester, Sussex, age 33 years & 270 days, height 5ft 9½ inches, weight 142lbs. Resided 67 Malvern Villa, Whyke Lane, Chichester, Sussex. Formerly gardener.

Separation Allowance of 62/ a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week payable to mother.

Home 9th December 1915 to 3rd January 1917; BEF 4th January 1917 to 7th June 1917.

9th December 1915, enlisted ; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 18th April 1916, mobilized & posted 3/1st Kent Cyclist Battalion, Service No.2509; 27th May 1916, posted 2/1st Kent Cyclist Battalion; 3rd January 1917, embarked / disembarked; 9th February 1917, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field.

26th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, none; Mother, Ellen Hollist, 67 Whyke Lane, Chichester; Brothers - William Hollist, age 47, Chidmans?, near? Emsworth; Thomas Hollist, age 45, ??? Road, York Road, Battersea; Sisters - Fanny Apps, age 49, Pagham, near Bognor; Mary Ann Anderson, age 43, Hilidon? near Arundel; Ellen Green, age 39, 5 Whitwell Road, Southsea; Elsie Hollist, age 27, 67 Whyke Lane, Chichester.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47., Belgium.

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