Hollingsworth, Samuel

Rank:

Private

Regiment:

Royal Garrison Artillery

Regimental No. & Battalion

188785; Unit 342 Siege Battery

Status:

Demobbed

Sam Hollingsworth

Research Notes

From Samuel Hollingsworth Service Record –

Address Crich; aged 34 years and 5 months; hosiery hand; height 5ft 5½in; weight 122lb; next of kin Martha Ann Hollingsworth (wife) Rose Cottage, Crich; married 27/07/04; enlisted 08/01/18; gunner; 05/01/18 mobilizes posted to RGA No 4 Depot; 14/05/18 qualified as signaller; 14/05/18 granted compassionate leave with free warrant; 29/05/18 granted embarkation leave; 06/06/18 posted gunner to B.E.F; Address Mount Pleasant, Crich; born 1881; Theatre of War, France; demobbed 16/04/19; 02/04/18 absent without leave from revielle until 3 pm 2/4/18, admonished; rheumatic; Joined Sherwood Forresters on enlistment then transferred to R.G.A.;

 

1891 Census: The Common, Crich

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
Henry Hollingsworth Head 60 Chimney sweep Sutton in Ashfield
Ellen   wife 51   Crich
Samuel   son 9   Crich
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1901 Census: Crich

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
Alice Bunting Head (single) 52 Factory hand hosiery Bonsall
Frederica Bunting daughter 34 At home Crich
Samuel Hollingworth boarder 19 Factory hand hosiery Crich
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1911 Census: Crich

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
Alice Bunting Head (single) 62 Factory hand bleacher hosiery Bonsall
Ann Bunting sister 59   Bonsall
Frederica Bunting sister 46   Crich
Samuel Hollingsworth nephew (married) 30 Factory hand machinist hosiery Crich
William Henry Hollingsworth nephew 1   Crich
Florence Allen neice 6   Crich
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Samuel Hollingsworth married Martha Ann Allen Q3 in 1904.

Sam Hollinsworth conducted Crich Brass 1952 – 53. He was a very good tenor horn player who also used to play for the famous “Besses o’ the Barn Band” from Lancashire when they were at their best. He went on tour to Australia and New Zealand with them and won many solo contests. He died in 1959.