Lieutenant Charles Frederick Griffith Hollis
- Batt - 1st.
- Unit - East Kent Regt.
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 13/4/1898
- Died - 02/08/1918
- Age - 20
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ContributeSource: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Professional soldier.
Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Frederick and Rose Hollis of “Birchlands”, West Byfleet, Surrey. Charles was the fiancée of Marjorie Peregrine, the daughter of the Reverend D. W. Peregrine, Vicar of Branston by Belvoir, Leics. He was educated at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire and Sandhurst Military Academy. He was hit by a bullet and killed whilst returning to his trench, having lead two platoons after all the other officers had been killed. His Military Cross was won at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917. He was known as Derrick.
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Place of death - Belgium
- Burial Place - Abeele Aerodrome Mil. Cem., Belgium
- Birth Place - Leatherhead, Surrey
- Enlisted - Sandhurst
- Other Memorials - Branston Parish - WW1
- Unit - East Kent Regt.
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Abeele Aerodrome Mil. Cem., Belgium
- Born - Leatherhead, Surrey
- Memorial - BRANSTON BY BELVOIR MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - ST. GUTHLAC'S CHURCH, BRANSTON BY BELPOIR, LEICS
