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82053 SAPPER
WILLIAM ARTHUR HOLLOWAY
Royal Engineers
by
Lieutenant Colonel Edward De Santis
Ó 2003. All Rights Reserved.

William Arthur Holloway was born at Whitchurch in Hampshire. Prior to the Great War of 1914-1918, Holloway resided in Dartford, Kent.

Holloway enlisted as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers for service in the Great War. After his enlistment, he was assigned Regimental Number 82053 and posted to the 102^nd Field Company, Royal Engineers with the 23^rd Division.

The 102^nd Field Company was deployed to France and took part in the following major actions:

Albert (The Somme) 1^st to 13^th July 1916

Bazentin 14^th to 17^th July 1916

Pozieres 23^rd July to 3^rd September 1916

Flers-Courcelette 15^th to 22^nd September 1916

Morval 25^th to 28^th September 1916

Le Transloy 1^st to 18^th October 1916

Messines 7^th to 14^th June 1917

William Arthur Holloway died on the 6^th of July 1917, of wounds received at the Battle of Messines. He has no known grave. His death is commemorated at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground at Zillebeke, on Special Memorial C.19.