BORN HULL 1886. SECOND SON OF HERBERT LACY HOLDERNESS & EMILY BLACKBURN ABOVE CWGC AND PROBATE ADDRESS. WORKED FOR HIS FATHER AS A JOURNALIST FOR THE DRIFFIELD OBSERVER. ENLISTED DRIFFIELD 13/08/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 33 INCH CHEST, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. VERY GOOD CHARACTER. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 10/10/1915. RETURNED HOME 7/02/1916. DISCHARGED WITH TRENCH FEET, MUSCLE PAIN AND RHEUMATIC FEVER ON 8/02/1918. BURIED HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY, AGED 31. LEFT £153 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER.
First name:
FREDRICK WILLIAM
Military Number:
266358
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/05/1918
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
31
