Biography:
William Humphrey Hollins was born 23 November 1895, the eldest son of William Hollins of Berry Hill, Mansfield, Notts and Mary Hollins, nee Seely, daughter of Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet. He was one of six brothers who were in the school between the years 1909 and 1930.
William came to Winchester College in January 1909 from the Grange, Eastbourne. He, and his brothers, were in I House, Turner's. William was Senior Co. Prae. in his last year, won the King's Silver Medals for Latin and English Speech and was a Colour Sergeant in the O.T.C.
In 1914, he was elected to the Senior Brackenbury Scholarship in History at Balliol College, Oxford, and left Winchester in the summer of 1914. William was in camp with the Winchester O.T.C. when war broke out, and obtained a commission soon after in the 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. He fell in action on 15 June 1915, while acting as bombing officer to his battalion near Wytschaete in the Ypres Salient.
He is also commemorated on the St Peter and Paul's Parish Church War Memorial, Mansfield.