BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY HOLBROOK (1844-1885) AND LUCY MEEK (1844-1912) OF SPENCER STREET, HULL. A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLSTED IN HULL, ON 17/03/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIEMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 1ST JULY 1916, ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. AGED 34. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE SCOTT STREET MEMORIAL, AS PTE. W H HOLBROOK, EYR, (HULL DAILY MAIL, 09/10/1916).
IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, WILLIAM HENRY HOLBROOK IS ON THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE, WITH HIS BROTHER, WALTER ERNEST HOLBROOK.
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
17506
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
34
10 SPENCER SQUARE, SPENCER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
