Lieutenant Robert Palfrey Holloway
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Holloway,
Robert Palfrey
Place of birth: Newfoundland
Next of kin: Agnes Isobel Holloway; wife; 115 Summer Hill Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Photographer
Occupation (normalized): Photographer, General
Address:
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Date of death:
1917-04-14
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
Beaumont-Hamel (Newfoundland) Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
Lieutenant (British Army).
Survived war: no
Awards
Mentioned in Despatches 'A' List
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 722343
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Robert Edwards and Henrietta Holloway, husband of Agnes Isobel Holloway, of 115, Summer Hill Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mentioned in Despatches
London Gazette, June 1st 1917.
Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch of April 9th 1917.
Has consistently displayed great gallantry and initiative as Battalion Sniping and Intelligence Officer. On 27th of January he was sent to locate the exact position gained by troops who had made an attack. At great personal risk he visited all the positions and brought back most valuable information.
Uploader's Research notes: [Lieutenant Army Newfoundland Infantry Royal Newfoundland Regiment Mentioned in Despatches ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2012-06-18