Harry – Holley – London and North Western Railway – Private – 10/09/1915

Harry – Holley – London and North Western Railway – Private – 10/09/1915

Harry

Holley

London and North Western Railway

Northamptonshire Regiment, 6th Battalion

Private

17426

Traffic Department, Castle Ashby

Signalman

10/09/1915

London and North Western Railway Gazette Volume 4, November 1915, pg. 334; [Photo and Obituary - London and North Western Railway Gazette Volume 4, NOVEmber 1915, pg.358]

Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

Aged 27, son of John George and Sarah Holley of Orton Waterville, near Peterborough; husband of Louie Holley of 11 Essex Street, Northampton. In the obituary written in the November 1915 issue of the London and North Western Railway Gazette, it said that Holley succumbed to gunshot wounds his recieved to the head, whilst in hospital. He was promoted to sergeant 3 days before he was wounded, for meritorious work. Holley died 4 months after he married Louie. It also includes an instance in which Holley will always be remembered, for his attempt to save a man from drowning in 1913 in which he recieved a substantial cheque.

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, London and North Western Railway Gazette, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

16/11/2015

16/11/2015