BORN HULL 1896. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF CHARLES HOLTBY (1871-1957) & ELIZABETH GREEN (1872-1956), OF 11 RAILWAY COTTAGES, BROUGH (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FOREMAN RAILWAY PLATELAYER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.
A GARDENER BEFORE THE WAR. POSTED ABROAD, ON 02/09/1915. SERVED WITHTHE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 14/09/1916, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH.
First name:
CHARLES ERNEST
Military Number:
13526
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/09/1916
Place died:
Authuile Military Cemetery, Authuille, Somme, France
Age:
20
11 RAILWAY COTTAGES, BROUGH, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
