HOLT Henry Joseph

Appears on Crowle School Memorial on the list of names of those who served in the Great War.

A photograph of Private H.J. Holt, Crowle, repatriated prisoner can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 20th July 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The following information is courtesy and copyright of Roger Holt, grandson of Henry Holt:
Henry Joseph Holt was born on the 1st November 1897 to parents Thomas Joseph Holt (Carpenter, Coffin Maker) and Ellen Hannah Holt (nee Foster). The family resided in the village of Crowle located 5.4 miles East of the city of Worcester.

Henry was the third eldest brother in a family of seven consisting of:
Hubert Holt B,1894
William Harrold Holt B.1896
Henry Joseph Holt B.1897
Sidney Thomas Holt B.1901
Albert James Holt B.1905
Hilda Holt B.1899
Vera May Holt B.1902

The children were all born in Thatch Cottage, Crowle, a one bedroom cottage in the heart of the village.

His 2 elder brothers also served in the first war – William Harold Holt B:1895, returned home after the war and Hubert Holt who was killed in Mesopotamia (Iraq) on the 25th January 1917 and is buried in the Amara war cemetery.

Henry enlisted into the Worcestershire Regiment as Private 35287 on the 19th January 1916 when he was just over 19 years of age. He served 1 Year 278 days before he was finally discharged on the 1st June 1918 as medically unfit after a Gun Shot wound to the left elbow. This entitled him to wear one stripe of Gold braid on his clothing.

Henry died on the 22nd December 1975, aged 78.

Henry Holt (arm in sling), copyright of Roger Holt

War Badge for Henry Holt, copyright of Roger Holt