The battalion had left Southampton on the 9th and arrived in the early morning of the 10th. They spent the rest of the day at rest camp before setting out for Watten, northern France.
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| Albert Hollins |
Albert Hollins, was born in 1894 in Rugeley, Staffordshire, the youngest son of Thomas and Hannah Hollins (nee Wood) of Sandy Lane, Rugeley. He had an elder sister Mary Ann (born 1880) and two older brothers, William (born 1889) and Tom (born 1891).
In 1911, Albert was working as a grocery shop assistant, Tom was a clerk in the grocery trade, William on the other hand worked as a labourer producing iron and his father worked as a hewer in the coal mines.
Albert had enlisted in the Somerset Light Infantry on the 1st September 1914 and prior to enlistment had been employed by Siemens.
His brother Tom was serving with the Royal West Kent Regiment and had arrived in France a few days before Albert on the 30th August
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