HOLROYD Wilfred Hugh

  • First Name(s):
    Wilfred 
    Hugh 
  • Surname:
    HOLROYD
  • Service Number:
    12632
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Norfolk Regiment
  • Battalion:
    7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    13th October 1915
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Loos Memorial, France, Panel 30 and 31.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Edward Barker Holroyd and Ada Margaret Holroyd, 37 Westfield Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham

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HOLROYD Wilfred Hugh Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial

Further Information About HOLROYD Wilfred Hugh

Additional information on the memorial: Sergeant.

Wilfred Holroyd was born in 1892.  He attended Bromsgrove School from 1906 to 1910. He was in the XV team of 1908 and 1909 and won the bronze medal for gymnastics in 1909.  In August 1914 he enlisted in the Norfolks and was killed in action at Hulluch two days after an elder brother had died of wounds.  At the time of his death he was a Sergeant in his battalion and was about to receive a commission.

Source: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen and Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by David Cross.

Wilfred Holroyd has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Loos Memorial.

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