Inscription
561153 SERGEANT
W F G HOLLISTER
OBSERVER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
20TH JUNE 1940 AGE 29
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GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
Further Information
Sgt Hollister served with 144 Sqn, and was the son of William and Florence Hollister;
husband of Alice Winifred Hollister, of Parkstone, Dorsetshire.
It is not know in what circumstances he died.
CWGC record ...
From the "Isle of Wight Chronicle" 27 June 1940
The first active service victim of the present war to be buried in the Shanklin Cemetery,
Sgt William Frederick Hollister, RAF, of Stockton-on-Tees, son-in-law of Henry Windust of
the Shanklin Club House, Osborne Road, was laid to rest on Tuesday afternoon. Sgt Hollister, who
was killed in action, was married to Miss Alice Windust, youngest daughter of Mr Windust
and the late Mrs Windust at St Saviours Church, Shanklin on Sept 3rd 1938, and there is one child.
The coffin was draped with the Union Jack for the funeral service held at St Saviours.
The chief mourners were Mrs W F G Hollister, widow, Mr Windust, father-in-law, Miss V A Windust, sister-in-law
, Mrs Meader, Mr Richardson, Mrs Burnand and Miss K Feltham and friends.
