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[BNA: Buckmaster Battersea 1915]
[BNA: Buckmaster Wandsworth 1915]
[London Evening Standard: Buckmaster Wandsworth 1915]
POLICEWOMEN AT THE CAMPS. Extension of Activities to London Parks. "FRIENDS TO US GIRLS. " The work of the women patrols which have been formed to influence and restrain the excitable girls who congregate in the neighbourhood of soldier camps and recruiting stations is so much appreciated by the police authorities that they have just been given permission to extend their activities to the London parks. These patrols, who now number 1. 860, of which 200 are enrolled for London. work under the auspices of the National Union of Women Workers, and no fewer than ninety places in (heat Britain are already embraced in the scheme. Since their establishment they have met with greet and a considerable improvement has been brought about in the conduct of the young girls for whose protection the patrols work. The patrols are all voluntary workers, recruited mostly from the professional women class; they are on duty in couples and work for two hours at a time in that pert of the evening when the soldiers are duty. . Before a woman is passed as a patrol she la given a brief course of training taking &bent a fortnight, a sufiicient test as to her suitability for the work. It is regarded as loosontial that the patrols must be women of tact and experience between thirty and tifty years of age. Their duties are: (I) To patrol a beat assigned to them by an organiser in charge cf the district. (2) To make friends with the girls and gain their confidence. (l) To warn girls who have been seen Braking to men on duty or behaving unsuitably. (4) To put the girls in tench with local societies, clubs, or elegem. patrol wears an armlet of striped drill round the left arm, with the letters " N. U. W. W. " in red on a small black shield. and carries a signed card instructing the police to assist her if required. In London the patrol card is signed by the Commissioner of Police; in the provinces it it 'ivied by the Chief Constable. The patrols are recognised both by the Rome Office and by Scotland Yard; Lord Kitchener his also given them his official recognition, ond officers in command of military districts understand that the Wax Office desire them to take steps to help the patrols when working in their commands. Likod by th• Authoritioir The women patrols have everywhere been sympathetically received by the police, and it is admitted that they are doing work which is beyond the scope of the police. The military authorities realise the value of the services of the patrols, and several *ellknown generals have expressed their willingness to do everything possible to assist the movement. One commanding officer asked for them at his camp, and another said his experience of them had beeu so favourable-that he proposed to ask for their services at his next station. The officer in charge of Territorial camps in London has expressed himself as thoroughly appreciative of the scheme. BY tact and persistence the women patrols are able to influence the girls on their beat, and to get thew to spend their evenings in a local club or war room that is established in each district. • At some of these clubs a girl may bring her soldier friend. how liked the patrols are is illustrated by an incident recorded by one of the patrols. In a certain district some unmannerly girls were discussing the organiser who was managing the club, and wound up with the remark. "Oh. she's nothing but woman copper from London. " The club girls warmly defended her, saving. "She ain't, she's a working woman like us; she's got the N. U. W. W. badge on her arm to show she'i a friend to us girls. • The women patrols never interfere with a girl in the company of a ookbers they only interfere in cases where it is obvious the girls are seeking to, their atiquaintance on soldiers. Thlt women should voluntarily agree to do this work is eloquent tribute to the splendid spirit which obtains among so many of the sex, for the duties are often dull, wearisome, and monotonous. The training classes for the patrol organisers who are in charge of the patrols are addressed. among other women. by Mrs. Creighton, who is the " chairman " of the movement, the talks being concerned with the general intention of patrol work, Its responsibilities. and its limits. Oppor. t‘inities are afforded of seeing /something of night work under the auspices of the Church Army, the Salvation Army, and the West ' London Mission. To enhance the value of the appeal of the counter-attractions which the patrol movement has organised, many admirable ideas to amuse the girls are being considered, notably. organised games. morris dancing. drill, pastoral plays, open-air clubs, country rambles, swimming, and gardening. It is thought that if some of these girls ran he trained in gardening they might later on take t tap professionally. The work of the patrols deserves every praise, and their suces. . . in inducing young girls to turn their attention and energies to something Meer than hnngine shout places where : soldiers are congregated has been eery remarkable. N W. P. V. quite a different movement is the Women Police Volunteers, now sixty in number. who in their navy blue uniforms, with the letters " W. P. V. " on ; shoulder, may be noticed about the streets. They perform a variety of useful work, such as looking after school children at dangerous crossings. watching over the safety of children playing in the parks, and patrolling such public places as Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Hampstead Heath, Hyde Park. Battersea Park, Ealing C. mt in. and Wandsworth Common. A local branch patrols Brighton see front end Hove Gardens. These women police attend the different police-courts and sessions and watch eases concerning women and children. One policewoman was present at Bow-street during the hearing of the brides case. An important branch of the work relatm to investigation. A mother wrongfully deprived of her child and her War Office allowance on a false accusation had her reputation cleared and her position r. . tored. Intricate came concerning matrimonial disputes and the care of girls enter into the work. It is hoped by the success of these policewomen to demonstrate in England the practical value of experienced women as a protection to women and children and as a preventive of crime. Both the women patrols and the women police, each in their way, appear to be doing a great work, and it is probable both movements will survive the war. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19150530/185/0010
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Bernard Henry Holloway: Monday 27th September 1915
Bernard was commissioned on the 23rd September 1914, as 2nd Lieut., Royal Sussex Regt., promoted to Lieutenant in October 1914, and Captain in 9th Batt. in December 1914. He served in France and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, on 27 September, aged 27, the same day that Rudyard Kipling's son Jack was killed. Bernard has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.
He is also commemorated on his School Roll of Honour, College Roll of Honour, at Lords, on the legal profession Roll of Honour, and the Upper Tooting Methodist Church Memorial. This church was destroyed in WW2. When the memorial was replaced, his name was recorded as H Holloway.
He left £10,540 in his will, a very large sum for 1916. His estate was split between his father and 2 brothers. His investments in war loans were left to a Miss Louisa Douglass Chapple*.
Bernard was born at Burntwood Grange on 13 January 1888. The Grange was a sizable pre-Victorian mansion, noted for its magnificent Gardens and conservatory, on the site of what is now Burntwood Grange Road. It was demolished circa 1940.
According to his obituary in Wisden, he went to Leys School, Cambridge, aged 11 in 1899 (founded 1875 for the sons of lay Methodists) and then to Jesus College Cambridge. He was a sportsman, playing rugby, cricket and lacrosse, the latter two for England.
At school, he was a Senior Prefect, and a very useful all-round player, proving himself a good Captain of Cricket. He was third in the batting averages in 1904, second in 1905 and 1906, in the latter year with 35.81, and top in 1907, when his figure was 35.75. In the lastmentioned season, he also took twenty-two wickets for 14.59 runs each. He was in the same year and House as Reginald Davey
At Cambridge, where he did not obtain his blues for Cricket, he did little in the trial games save in 1911 when, in the Seniors' match, he scored 52 and made 133 for the first wicket with C. G. Forbes-Adam (78). During 1910-11 he visited the West Indies as a member of the M.C.C. team, making 443 runs with an average of 24.61, and rendered excellent service: his highest score was 100 v. British Guiana at Georgetown.
In 1911 and three following seasons he appeared occasionally for Sussex, for which side his best performances were against his old University, on the Cambridge ground, in 1913 and 1914, his scores being 58 not out and 32 not out, and 54 and 15. He was a right arm medium fast bowler and made 19 first-class appearances. The war ended his first-class cricket career. (For further information, his batting averages can be studied on the Cricinfo website).
He played half-back at Rugby football for Cambridge v. Oxford in 1907, and centre three-quarter back in 1909 (taking a blow to the head early in the match, he imagined the sensation must have been comparable to the feeling of a drunken man! given he was a lifelong teetotaller). For which he obtained his Rugby colours. He was also in the University Lacrosse XII in 1908-9-10, being Captain in 1910, in which year he played for England.
His nickname was "Babe", due to having "a complexion which would have created the reputation of any face cream on the market". Bernard Holloway was a popular figure at the College. His Cock of the Roost profile, written for Chanticlere in 1910, remarks that "To his contemporaries, he will be one of the most delightful memories of these golden years."
Professionally he was articled to J. C. Barnard, of 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields and trained as a solicitor.
Bernard was the third son of Sir Henry Holloway, who was a prominent Liberal and JP., being knighted in 1917 for his advice to the Government on the WW1 housing crisis. Henry and his brother had founded Holloway Brothers, a major local building firm, in 1882, and the firm still existed as Holloway, White Allom Ltd until it went into administration in October 2011. Sir Henry moved to Wimbledon in 1919 and eventually to Westgate House near Arundel and died in 1923.
David Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, from 1916, had lived at 2 addresses in the parish from 1900-1908 before his move to Downing Street on becoming Chancellor, and would no doubt have known Henry Holloway.
Bernard had two elder brothers, Roland Eveliegh and Herbert John, who went into the family firm. One was knighted for his contribution to Mulberry Harbours in WW2. Herbert lived in Wimbledon while Roland lived at 60 Lyford Road (a Holloway Bros. house).
The family firm was responsible for building the Magdalene Park Conservation area. The scheme was to have been a garden suburb, but the completion of the scheme was frustrated, by the compulsory acquisition of the land between Swaby Road and Openview by Wandsworth Borough Council in the 1920s. The Council also acquired the land between Fieldview and Ellerton Road in the 1930s. The family firm also built a number of landmarks including Chelsea and Westminster Bridges, the extension to the Bank of England, Lavender Hill Library and Bagdad Railway Station.
*Miss Louisa Douglass Chapple married Cedric Blaker, C.B.E., M.C. in 1921. She had two children and died at the age of 93 in Lindfield, Sussex, in 1985. Cedric and Bernard both served in the Royal Sussex Regiment, though it seems Cedric served in France after Bernard's death. Louisa was a V.A.D. Nurse during the war. To read further click here. Lastly, an emotive "imagined" letter addressed to Bernard Holloway from Louisa's granddaughter explaining her grandmother's motives for going out to France with the V.A.D.