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William Stanley Hollett was born in Surrey on 14 May 1924, the son of Alice (née Jones) and John Hollett, a local government official. He was educated at Wallington County Grammar School and entered Worcester College on 9 October 1942 as a Naval Cadet. He achieved 2nd class honours in the Modern History short course part 1 in 1943.
William Hollett was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant (A) in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 27 February 1945. He was based at HMS Daedalus, the Royal Naval Air Station at Lee-on-Solent. Sub Lieutenant William Hollett died of tuberculosis while on active service on 2 May 1946, aged 21.
William Hollett is buried in Bandon Hill Cemetery in Wallington and commemorated on the war memorial at Worcester College, Oxford.