Private William Ernest Hollingworth

Army Number: 269340 (formerly 20122)

Battalion: 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of William and Eliza Ann Hollingworth, of 48, Grainger Street, Nottingham. Husband of Ellen Hollingworth, of 95, Moreland Street, Meadow Lane, Nottingham. He was a lace jacquard maker prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, on 24th April 1917, aged 27, when a German 8-inch shell burst in the courtyard of battalion headquarters at Lievin, France.

Buried: Canadian Cemetery No.2, Neuville-St. Vaast, France. Plot 3. Row B. Grave 22.

Private William Ernest Hollingworth is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Saviour’s Church War Memorial, The Meadows, Nottingham.