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Risden Wlademar Hollingworth

 

Hollingworth, Risden Waldemar, Montreal, Quebec, formerly of Derby, England. Occupation: telegraphist. Military Service, Private, Corporal, [later Lieutenant, B.E.F.] Reg. No. McGill 36, 2nd University Co., PPCLI, Attestation Papers. Diary Reference: “[R.W.] Hollingworth told me it was because I was too good a shot,” 1:14 Aug ’15. According to Hodder-Williams, 207, Cpl. Hollingworth was struck off strength 30 November 1915 and later became a lieutenant in the British Expeditionary Force.