Basic Details
Surname
Holt
Forenames
Edmund
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
A civil servant before the war, Hornshaw and Fowler provide his death details: they record him as dying in hospital from a hit in the abdomen from a machine gun whilst taking a Lewis gun into action and say that he is commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
9th Battalion London Regiment (Queen Victoria`s Rifles)
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2/9 Battalion
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Lance Corporal
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
9th Battalion London Regiment (Queen Victoria`s Rifles)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Lance Corporal
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Year of death
1917
Month of death
September
Day of death
26
Age at death
22
Manner of death as stated
Unknown
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds