HOLLOBONE Frederick George

Category: Military
Rank: Sapper 1625
Regiment or Ship: 2nd Home Counties Royal Engineers (T)
Service Number(s): 1625
Occupation: General Labourer
Date of Birth: 1873
Place of Birth: Eastbourne
Date of Death: 26.04.1915 (Died of wounds)
Place of Death: France Place of Burial / Memorials:

1. Longuenesse (St.Omer)Souvenir Cemetery, France.

2. Town Memorial Bexhill (recorded as HOLLEBONE).   3. St.Stephen’s Church Memorial Bexhill.

Address: 33 Salibury Road, Bexhill

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Family Information

Parents:

Father: John b.1842

Mother: Charlotte b.1838. According to the Commonwealth Grave Commission they were living at 18 Stanley Road, Eastbourne following the end of the First World War.

Siblings:

Sister:        Caroline b.1869
Brother:    George b.1877

Wife:    Emily b.1871

Son:      George b.1902

The 1911 census records 9 live births, 2 living.

 

 

First World War Experience

He served in France and Flanders and died of wounds in 1915. On the 20^th April he was admitted to No.26 Field Hospital with shrapnel wounds to his neck. On the 25^th April he was wounded again and taken to a casualty clearing station. His casualty form states he had a gun shot wound to his neck and chest. He died the following day.

He was posthumously awarded the 1914 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

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