Private Clarence Hebblethwaite Holt aged 35

Private Clarence Hebblethwaite Holt aged 35

Private Clarence Hebblethwaite Holt was born in Leeds in 1883. The family moved around quite a lot, so in 1891 he’s living in Liverpool and by 1901 he’s at 22 Providence Place with his mother and three sisters. He was married at St Mary’s in 1907 to Fanny Smith at which time he was living on Apple house Terrace. In 1911 his mother and his four sisters and two brothers are living on Brook Terrace. The family moved later to Carr Villas. Clarence was a member of St Mary’s Church Choir. He moved to Longsight, Manchester, working as the manager of H. Griffiths and Co, printers. He had three children. He enlisted in July 1916 and was in France from March 1917 with the Manchester Regiment as a stretcher bearer. He was killed on 9th October during the first battle of Passchendale. He has no known grave.

He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, WestVlaanderen in Belgium.