BORN HULL 12/12/1883. SON OF HENRY HOLDER (1852-1932) & EMILY BLAKESTON (1858-1938), AT 1 FAIR VIEW TERRACE AND 8, ASH AVENUE, BOTH ON SUBWAY STREET, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE DIED ON THE TRAWLER. ‘COMMANDER BOYLE’ ON 23/08/1915, AGED 31. HIS WIDOW MRS W HOLDER LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SUBWAY STREET MEMORIAL. DEATH RECORD IN THE HULL TIMES ON THE 28/08/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
NOTE: HIS BROTHER, WALTER HOLDER, LIVED 31, BOYNTON STREET & HENRY HOLDER, RNR- 3 ARTHUR GROVE, 70 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL.
HIS BROTHER, ARTHUR HOLDER, WAS LOST AT SEA, ON THE S/S “SOWELL”, ON 19/04/1917, AGED 22.
From the onset of the Great War and also during the Second World War, due to restrictions, in vessel movements and fishing in the North Sea from the Eastern Ports such as Hull, Grimsby, and Aberdeen. Vessels that had not been requisitioned for naval service that continued fishing, were transferred to the west country ports such as Milford Haven and Fleetwood. This was firstly a measure to keep the mouth of the admiralty shipping lanes and areas, and secondly it was deemed safer. The Commander Boyle barely a month in service and on her second only fishing trip was one such vessel that moved to Fleetwood from Hull. Such was the demand for fish to feed the nation, the trawlers that remained fishing and those of the fishery reserve from 1915 onwards, ventured out into very dangerous waters. Many of the fishing trawlers although unarmed, and having no escort were easy prey, and were attacked and sunk by enemy vessels. Minefields that were not layed or known about on a vessels departure, could be layed within a few hours by submarine or surface craft. Like the Commander Boyle many vessels from all ports became victims off the many mines that were layed.
