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Soldier – Hollingsworth W.A.g. – Severe Shrapnel Wounds

July 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 6, 1918

Private W.A.G.Hollingsworth
East Yorkshire Regiment

Private Hollingsworth only son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Hollingsworth, Angel Street, Bolton on Dearne, is in hospital in Glasgow with severe shrapnel wounds.

He enlisted last year, and is not yet 19.

Before enlistment he was a pupil at the Mexborough Secondary School, and had passed high in the “Cambridge Locals.”