BORN WILLERBY, HULL, 18/06/1892. SON OF THOMAS HOLDEN (1865-1945) AND MABEL CONSTANCE LAMB (1869-1897), OF BEVERLEY. WORKED AS AN ARTICLED CLERK FOR HIS GRANDFATHER AT HOLDEN, SONS & HODGSON SOLICITORS, TRINITY HOUSE LANE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, BUT DISCHARGED DUE TO AN ‘INTERNAL AILMENT’. REJOINED AS A FLIGHT LIEUTENANT, IN THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE. TRAINED AT EASTBOURNE. INJURED IN A FLIGHT ACCIDENT AT BRIDLINGTON. HE RETURNED HOME. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 11/10/1916, AGED 24. BURIED IN HULL. WAS GIVEN A FULL MILITARY FUNERAL, ALTHOUGH HE IS NOT RECORDED IN CWGC RECORDS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 14TH NOVEMBER 1916.
First name:
THOMAS ROY
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
11/10/1916
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
24
SCARBOROUGH HOUSE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, United Kingdom
Place Buried
