Name
Stanley Herbert Holliman
1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/11/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
23301
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.1
IX. C. 4.
France
Headstone Inscription
He has no family inscription on his Headstone.
UK & Other Memorials
St Pauls Church Memorial, Chipperfield, Chipperfield War Memorial, John Dickinson & Co Memorial, Home Park Mill, Kings Langley
Pre War
Stanley Herbert Holliman was born in 1897, in Chesham, Bucks, son of Herbert Holliman (1878-1918) and Harriette Emily (nee Saggs) Holliman (1875-1915). The eldest of six children, Harold (B 1900), Harry (B 1903), Frederick (B 1905), Robert (B 1910) and Ernest (B 1912).
He was Baptised Stanley Herbert Holliman (but known as Herbert) on 3 October 1897, in the Parish Church, Chipperfield, Herts.
1901 Census records him as Stanley Herbert) aged 3, living with his parents and brother Harold 1, in Chapel Croft, Chipperfield, Herts.
1911 Census records him as Herbert aged 13, at School and working as a Grocers Errand Boy, living with his Grandparents Henry and Eliza Holliman, in Alexander Road, Chapel Croft, Chipperfield, Herts.
His mother Harriett died in 1915, aged 40.
At the time Herbert enlisted he was working for John Dickinson & Co, at their Home Park Mill in Kings Langley, Herts.
Wartime Service
He enlisted under the name of Herbert Holliman in November 1915, at Bedford, posted to the Bedfordshire Regiment with the service number 23301. It is not known when he arrived in France.
He was Killed in Action, the CWGC give his date of death as the 16th November 1916. Some documents give the date as the 13th November 1916. The Battalion War Diary for 13th November 1916, (The Battalion in action at the Battle of the Ancre), casualties for that day were, wounded 113, died of wounds 9, killed in action 57, & missing 16. In the evening, all available men were withdrawn down to Hamel. The 14th November, the Battalion moved to the second line (Roberts Trench), until the 16th November, when they were moved back to huts at Englebelmer-Martinsart Road. It is possible Herbert was Killed on the 13th, looking at the information from the battalion war diary.
Additional Information
He is recorded as H. Holliman on the CWGC records, but Stanley Herbert on the Chipperfield Memorials, the information on the John Dickinson & Co Memorial is incorrect. The value of his effects was £4-3s-7d, Pay Owing and £3, War Gratuity which went to his Grandmother Eliza Ann Holliman. His farther Herbert Holliman enlisted and was posted as, Private 203257 Herbert Holliman, to the 6th Battalion, “The Queens” (Royal West Surrey Regiment). He was Killed in Action on 6th April 1918, aged 40.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Stuart Osborne
