HOLLOWAY Edwin Cecil

  • First Name(s):
    Edwin 
    Cecil 
  • Surname:
    HOLLOWAY
  • Service Number:
    858
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Canadian Expeditionary Force
  • Regiment:
    Manitoba Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th April 1915
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Benjamin Holloway, of Worcester, England

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HOLLOWAY Edwin Cecil Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St Matthew’s Church

Further Information About HOLLOWAY Edwin Cecil

Edwin Holloway enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 23rd September 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. On his attestation paper he gave his date of birth as 3rd February 1892 in Hereford, England, his occupation as a clerk and his next of kin as Benjamin Holloway, National Provincial Bank, Worcester, England. Edwin was 5ft 8ins tall with greenish eyes, light brown hair and a fair complexion

National Archives of Canada Reference: RG150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4450 – 5.

The Canada War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) records the following information on Private Edwin Holloway:
“Killed in Action” in the vicinity of St. Julien.

The Canada Commonwealth War Graves Registers records the following information on Private Edwin Holloway: Killed in action France. No record of burial. Killed in Area – Langermarck

Edwin Holloway has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.

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