BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM HOLDER (1856-1917) & MARY ANN FIELD (1855-1933), OF 80 ETHERINGTON DRIVE, BEVERLEY ROAD. (ARMY ADDRESS). 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. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY ANN, AT 38 QUEEN STREET, HULL. HE LEFT BROTHERS, WALTER AND ALBERT AND SISTER, ETHEL COOK. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS OTHER BROTHER, THOMAS HENRY HOLDER, SERVED ON THE S/S JUPITER AND WAS LOST AT SEA, ON 21/05/1917.
First name:
JOHN MORLEY
Military Number:
44425
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
