Name
Henry George Holliday
1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/04/1917
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
28768
Regiment of Household Cavalry (Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
XXVI.C.II
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Tewin Village Memorial, St Peter’s Church Muster Roll, Tewin, Not on the Welwyn Village memorials
Pre War
Henry George Holliday was born in Warfield, Bracknell, Berks 1894, the son of Henry and Elizabeth Holliday.
On the 1901 Census the family were living in Weardley, Yorks where his father was a butler (looks like (in the census) The Stawk, probably related to Harewood House which is close by). Present were both parents: Henry (40) and Elizabeth (35), with Henry (senior) working as a butler. Their children were: Henry George (6), Lydia Mary Elizabeth (5), William Matthew (4) and Mildred Alice (2).
By 1911 the family had moved to Tewin Water, Welwyn, Herts. where Henry was the butler for the Beit family who lived at Tewin Water House at the time. The census recorded they had been married for 17 years with 7 children, of whom 1 had died. Both parents were present and all the children who were listed above except Henry (junior). They had been joined by new siblings: Robert John (9) and Ernest Leslie (1).
Henry gave his occupation as Footman on enlistment.
Wartime Service
Henry had tried to enlist in the Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry on 28 August 1914 in Knowsley, Lancs, claiming he was 3 years older than his real age, but he was discharged on 10 September 1915 under para. 144 of Territorial Force Regulations. He later enlisted at Tidworth, Wilts and served with the 10th Royal Hussars.
He was killed in action on 11 April 1917 and initially buried near where he fell, but at the end of the war his body was found and identified by his service dress, field boots, badges, regimental buttons and disc. His body was then exhumed and reinterred at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £7 and pay owing of 12s 7d. Pension cards exist in relation to Henry and his brother William, but give no indication of the amount of pension received.
Brother to William Matthew Holiday who was killed in action on 14 October 1916 and is also named on the Tewin memorial.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
