Arthur Purcell HOLLOWS

Main CPGW Record

Surname: HOLLOWS

Forename(s): Arthur Purcell

Place of Birth: Bacup, Lancashire

Service No: 18521

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion

Division: 23rd Division

Age: 22

Date of Death: 1916-07-30

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. L. 40.

CWGC Cemetery: ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Arthur Purcell Hollows was the son of William Edward and Alice Hollows, née Purcell. William was born at Whitworth, Lancashire and Alice at Weston-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

1901 Whitworth, Lancashire Census: 132, Market Street - Arthur P. Hollows, aged 7 years, born Bacup, Lancashire, son of William E. and Alice Hollows.

1911 Whitworth, Lancashire Census: 128, Market Street - Arthur Purcell Hollows, aged 17 years, born Bacup, Lancashire, son of William Edward and Alice Hollows.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Arthur P. Hollows, 18521, W. Rid. R. D. of W. 30.7.16.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Arthur Purcell Hollows, 18521, 10 W. Rid. R. D. of W. 30.7.16.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Arthur Purcell Hollows, 18521, 10th Bn (Duke of Wellington's) W. Riding Rgt. Date and Place of Death: 30.7.16 in action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - William E. £5 14s. 4d.

A short biography of Arthur is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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

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