BORN HULL 1891. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM STANLEY & JANE HARRIET HOLBROOK, AT 4 HEDON ROAD, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THE FAMILY LIVED AT 99 GREEK STREET, (1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR YOUNGER SISTERS. SON OF A SHIPPING CLERK. EMPLOYED AS A SHIP’S LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER,165924, WITH THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, 164TH SIEGE BATTERY DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/05/1918, AGED 27.
BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE HEARD HIS COUNTRY’S CALL GAVE HIS LIFE HIS YOUTH, HIS ALL A LOVING SON AND BROTHER”
First name:
Joseph Holbrook
Military Number:
165924
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
20/05/1918
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
