William James Holliday
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Gunner 1564
Parents: James and Clara Holliday
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: 2 Badminton Road, Downend, Bristol (1911 Census). Lived: Westerleigh Road, Mangotsfield, Bristol (1901 Census)
Pre-war occupation: Garden Labourer
Date of birth: 1892
Date of death: 24/04/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: No Known Grave – Commemorated Arras Memorial, France
Age: 24
Further information:
William was born in 1892 (4th Quarter) and Baptised at St Michaels, Stoke Gifford on 13/11/1892. On William's birth registration, the surname was spelt Holladay, and on the baptism Holiday.
William served with "A" Battery, 84th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and was Killed in Action.
The soldiers effects and subsequent pension payments were paid to William's mother Clara, who then lived at 6 Buckingham Place, Downend, Bristol.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.