BORN SCARBOROUGH 1899. SON OF JOHN HOLLIDAY (1867-1947) & MARY JANE BAXTER (1869-1960), OF 5, CASTLE GROVE, PERTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A GAS ENGINEER. THE FAMILY LIVED AT DEVON STREET, COTTINGHAM (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 61674, 15TH/17TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1918, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, ANN, KATHERINE AND BROTHER, HERBERT.
First name:
NORMAN JOHN
Military Number:
61674
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/04/1918
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
Age:
19
