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.
Hull Daily Mail, 5 May 1919 – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, killed Pte. John Morley Holder (Jack), M.G.C., who was in action May 3rd, 1917. There When alone stealeth in my sweet sorrow, memories and of bitter sweet tears flow, long ago; Unknown to the world he stands by my side, And whispers. Dear mother, death cannot divide. -From his sorrowing mother, brothers (Albert and HORNBY Walter), sisters (Minnie. Hetty, Edith, and May).
| Name | John Morley Holder |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1892. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Holder, of 80, Etherington Drive, Beverley Rd., Hull. |
| Death Date | 3 May 1917 |
| Death Place | Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Machine Gun Corps Infantry 41st Company |
| Battalion | (Infantry) |
| Regimental Number | 44425 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 22533, E. Yorks Regt. |
