Alfred George Holway

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

11360

Unit at enlistment:

4th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Gloucestershire

Birth city:

Frenchay

Address at enlistment:

25 George Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

25 George Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Machinist

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Wounded

BX May 10, 1915

Private Alfred George Holway is the latest Brantfordite to be reported wounded in the Ypres battle, and according to a letter received this morning by his wife, who resides at 25 George Street, he was wounded over the left eye and overcome by the asphyxiating gasses which the Germans used with temporary success in their advance. He is now in a hospital somewhere in France. No further details are included in the letter, but Pte. Holway expressed grave anxiety for his fellow soldiers of the 4th Battalion, which lost heavily in the fighting.

Prior to his departure with the first contingent of Dufferin Rifles, Private Holway was a member of the 38th, he having served one year with the regiment. He was by trade a machinist, being employed at the time of his enlistment at the Massey-Harris works. His wife and two children reside at 25 George Street, his sister-in-law, Mrs. Crouch, wife of Sgt. Crouch, who is also with the first contingent in France, lives at 12 Balfour Street.

BX June 1, 1915

Casualties Announced

The official casualty lists published at Ottawa last night contain the names of two Brantford soldiers, whose wounding was announced some days ago, Private Alfred George Holway, 25 George Street, and Albert Henry Adams, 77 Murray Street.