Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of George and Emily Holyoak. The 1911 census records for 126, Logan Street, Market Harborough, Leics. George Holyoak, head of the family, married 18 years and a Framework Knitter, born 1869 in Smeeton Westerby, Leics., and his wife, Sarah Emily, born 1870 in Smeeton Westerby, Leics.Also Kate Holyoak, daughter, single and a Linker, born 1894, William James Holyoak, son, single and a Helper, born 1895 and Thomas Wilfred, son and a Helper, born 1898, the latter three were all born in Kibworth Beauchamp, Leics.