ROBERT+HOLT

Holt, Robert, Stoker 2nd Class, K/41503, HMS Ettrick, Royal Navy Born Melbourne, Derbyshire, 7th October 1898  Killed in action 7th July 1917  Aged 18  Son of William and Annie Holt, of Victoria Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire  Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Panel 26 On 7th July 1917, HMS Ettrick was torpedoed by the German U Boat UC -61, 15 miles south of Beachey Head in the English Channel with the loss of 49 officers and men. She lost her bows and was towed back to port

1911 Census A school boy Son of William, a County roadman, and Edith Annie Holt, of 16, Moira Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire

Melbourne
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Melbourne, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
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Melbourne, St. Michael With St. Mary's Church
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