Arthur HOLLINDRAKE

Main CPGW Record

Surname: HOLLINDRAKE

Forename(s): Arthur

Place of Birth: Steeton, Yorkshire

Service No: 42268

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Leicestershire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 'D' Coy 6th (Service) Battalion

Division: 21st Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: 1918-10-10

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. C. 2.

CWGC Cemetery: HAMBURG CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Arthur Hollindrake (born 1 May 1899) was the son of William Richard and Clara Ann Hollindrake, née Wilks. William was born at Bradley, Yorkshire and Clara at Great Bridge, Staffordshire.

1901 Steeton, Yorkshire Census: 1, Low Fold - Arthur Hollindrake, aged 1 year, born Steeton, son of William R. and Clara A. Hollindrake.

1911 Steeton, Yorkshire Census: 47, School Street - Arthur Hollindrake, aged 11 years, born Steeton, son of Clara Hollindrake, widow. [Clara married Robert Dawson in 1916.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Arthur Hollindrake, 42268, Leic. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Arthur Hollindrake, 42268, 6/Leic. R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Arthur Hollindrake, 42268, 6 Leicesters. Date and Place of Death: 10.10.18. P. W. Hospital, Munster Camp. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Clara A. Dawson. £18 2s. 11d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Arthur Hollindrake, 42268, 6th Leicesters. Date and Cause of death: 10.10.18. Died in Germany. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Clara Ann Dawson. Relationship: Mother. Address: 41, Upper Clara Street, Holmes, Rotherham.

British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry List, Wounded & Missing, 1914-1919: Record exists for Arthur. Date reported missing or wounded: 27.5.18. Missing or wounded details: M. May 27/18.

Arthur became a prisoner of war on the 27 May 1918 during the Battle of the Aisne, 1918, 27 May-6 June.

The 1921 Census shows that Arthur's mother, Clara, her husband Robert and their two children, Robert Septimus and Ernest, were living at 41, Upper Clara Street, Rotherham.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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