MY GREAT UNCLE FRANK ROBERT HOLLOX,(FIRST SURREY RIFFLES)WHO DIED ON SUNDAY  8TH OCTOBER 1916 AGED 17.

 SON OF ROBERT AND FLORENCE ELLEN HOLLOX,SUFFOLK VILLAS,CAMBRIDGE ROAD,CLACTON ON SEA.

CEMETERY BURIED; THIEPVAL MEMORIAL ,SOMME, FRANCE

HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE ATTACK ON SNAG TRENCH DURING THE NIGHT OF 7th/8th OCTOBER.THE BATTALION HAD NEARLY BEEN WIPED OUT ON THE 15th SEPTEMBER WITH ONLY TWO OFFICERS AND 60 MEN SURVIVING FROM 17 OFFICERS AND 550 MEN WHO WENT INTO ACTION IN THE ATTACK ON THE STARFISH LINE.

FRANK HOLLOX IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE CLACTON WAR MEMORIAL

RICHARD BARROWS