BORN HULL 18/11/1881. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY HOLTBY (1856-1938) & ELIZABETH TAYLOR HOLTBY (1857-1883), OF 13, CROWN PLACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL.
HE MARRIED AGNES GOBY, AT HULL, IN OCTOBER 1907. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, AGNES, AND LIVED AT 41 LEE SMITH STREET (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS).
HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY FROM 11/01/1898. ALSO WORKED AS A GROCER, AT 48A LEE SMITH STREET. HE WAS A WELL KNOWN MEMBER OF THE EAST HULL CONSERVATIVE CLUB.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 146TH HULL HEAVY, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. HE DIED OF DIABETES, AT LLOYDS HOSPITAL, BRIDLINGTON, AGED 35. HE HAD BEEN PROMOTED TO SERGEANT AND THESE PAPERS ARRIVED ON THE DAY OF HIS DEATH.
BURIED AT HULL HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HE LEFT £186 TO HIS WIFE, AGNES, IN HIS WILL.
First name:
JOSEPH HAROLD
Military Number:
4532
Rank:
Bombardier
Date Died
21/03/1916
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
35
