Service Details
Name:
 HOLLOWAY
Given Name:
 HENRY FRANCIS
Initials:
 H F
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 East Lancashire Regiment
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Unit:
 7th Bn.
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Unit 2:
 attd. 9th Bn. Welsh Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1918-04-11
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Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 M C, M M
Citations:
 MM LG Sup 23 August 1916 pg. 8361; MC LG Sup 16 September 1918 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in filling in a gap in the line with great skill and checking the progress of the enemy. He subsequently hung on to his position which the enemy was attacking vigorously, and so enabled other troops to withdraw."
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry Holloway, of White Hart Lane, Willesden, London; husband of Henrietta Senfftleben (formerly Holloway), of 41, Portland Rd., Salt River, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 TYNE COT MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 77 to 79 and 163A.

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