BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM HOLDER (1856-1917) & MARY ANN FIELD (1855-1933), OF 80, ETHERINGTON DRIVE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 38, QUEENS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A HAIR DRESSER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915, AGED 24. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST, 141 LBS WEIGHT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 13/09/1916. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 44425, 41ST MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY ANN, AT 38 QUEEN STREET, HULL AND 1, PARK ROW, PARK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE LEFT BROTHERS, WALTER AND ALBERT AND SISTER, ETHEL COOK.
HIS OTHER BROTHER, THOMAS HENRY HOLDER, SERVED ON THE S/S JUPITER AND WAS LOST AT SEA, ON 21/05/1917.
