HOLT Hubert

  • First Name(s):
    Hubert 
  • Surname:
    HOLT
  • Service Number:
    27198
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th January 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XVIII. B. 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Crowle, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Father Thomas Joseph Holt.  Mother Ellen Hannah Holt (Nee Foster)

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HOLT Hubert Is Named On These Memorials

Crowle School
Crowle St John the Baptist Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Crowle St John the Baptist Church with the additional information: Pte

Further Information About HOLT Hubert

Hubert was the eldest child of Thomas and Ellen Holt.  He was one of four brothers who served in the Great War, the other three surviving the fighting and returning home to Crowle.  One was wounded and taken prisoner being repatriated in 1918.

Source for additional information:
Crowle in the Great War, The Parish in 1914.

A photograph of Private H. Holt of Crowle can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 3rd March 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The following information is courtesy and copyright of Roger Holt:
Hubert had 4 brothers and 2 sisters
William Harold Holt B: 1896
Henry Joseph Holt B: 1898
Sidney Thomas Holt B: 1901
Albert James Holt B: 1905
Hilda Holt B: 1899
Vera Holt: B 1902

Hubert Holt

Hubert Holt 1913 at Hindlip Worcs back row 2nd from left

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Credits: Photographs of Hubert Holt courtesy and copyright of Roger Holt.