Fred HOLGATE

Main CPGW Record

Surname: HOLGATE

Forename(s): Fred

Place of Birth: Earby, Yorkshire

Service No: 3906

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2/7th Battalion

Division: 65th (2/Lowland) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-11--

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CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: EARBY (WHEATLANDS) CEMETERY

Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Fred Holgate was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ellen Holgate, née Wilkinson. Joseph was born at Earby and Elizabeth at Thornton-in-Craven, Yorkshire.

1891 Earby, Yorkshire Census: High Gate Farm - Fred Holgate, aged 2 years, born Thornton [Thornton-in-Craven Parish], son of Joseph and Eliz Holgate.

1901 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 5, Water Street - Fred Holgate, aged 12 years, born Earby, son of Joseph and Elizabeth E. Holgate.

1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 5, Water Street - Fred Holgate, aged 22 years, born Earby, son of Joseph Holgate, widower.

The British Army Service Record for Fred Holgate exists but may be incomplete. [Fred Holgate was called up for service on 15 April 1916, and joined his battalion in Essex and was then transferred to the Army Reserve Class B on 31 May 1916.]

See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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

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