Artillery Wood Cemetery, Ieper
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Wednesday 5
May 1915
Sergeant C Hollister killed in action.
The many local friends of Sergeant C Hollister of 1st
East Surrey Regiment will regret to hear the news which
has been received in the Island that he was killed in
action during the fighting recently near Hill 60. Though
official information has not yet been received it seems
only too clear that the gallant soldier has met his
death for letters from his friends state that whilst
his regiment was passing through a town a shell burst
and killed him instantly. The late Sergeant Hollister
was a well known athlete and was highly respected by
all he came into contact with. He came out of the Army
about 2 years ago with the rank of Corporal and immediately
war was declared rejoined the Colours and has been right
through the Campaign from Mons to Ypres without a scratch.
He leaves a widow and 3 children, the youngest of whom
was born only 2 months ago and to these and his mother,
who has five other sons fighting, we beg to offer our
sincere condolences
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Wednesday 19 May 1915
The Late Sergeant C Hollister. Some time
back we published a paragraph with reference to the
late Sergeant C Hollister of the 1st East Surreys which
stated he had met his death while marching through a
town through being struck by a shell. We now learn from
one of his former comrades that this gallant soldier
was mortally wounded during the attack on Hill 60, dying
about an hour after receiving the injury.
